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Dendrosenecio kilimanjari

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Identification
Isotype of Senecio kilimanjari Mildbr. [family ASTERACEAE ] Dendrosenecio kilimanjari (Mildbr.) E.B.Knox [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Knox,E.B.,
Related name
  • Senecio kilimanjari
  • Senecio cottonii
  • Dendrosenecio kilimanjari
  • Senecio johnstonii

Flora

Entry for Dendrosenecio kilimanjari (Mildbr.) E.B.Knox [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Dendrosenecio kilimanjari (Mildbr.) E.B.Knox [family COMPOSITAE], in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 244 (1993). Type: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, above Moshi, Uhlig 72 (B†, SYN., K!, lecto., chosen by C. Jeffrey)
Information
Upright, polycarpic plant to 10 m tall, with trunk to 40 cm in diameter; pith 4–5 cm in diameter; stem bears densely packed leaf-rosettes of 25–80 leaves, without internode elongation; cloaked with marcescent foliage. Infrequent reproduction yields sparsely branched, columnar plants that rarely exceed three reproductive cycles. Leaf lamina lanceolate or cordate, to 65 cm long and 22 cm wide, with lower portion of leaf constricted to form a pseudo-petiole; hair cushion present on upper leaf-base, lanate along upper midvein, lower surface glabrous or tomentose, villose along lower midvein. Inflorescence broadly paniculate to 180 cm tall, 80 cm wide; capitula pendulous. Ray florets prominent or inconspicuous to absent; disc florets 100–380.

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