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Senecio adnivalis

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Identification
Senecio adnivalis Stapf [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Senecio adnivalis
  • Senecio erioneuron
  • Senecio petiolatus
  • Dendrosenecio adnivalis
  • Senecio lanuriensis
  • Senecio johnstonii
  • Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii

Flora

Entry for Dendrosenecio adnivalis (Stapf) 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 adnivalis (Stapf) E.B.Knox [family COMPOSITAE], in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 243 (1993). Type: Uganda, Ruwenzori, Dawe 663 (K!, lecto., chosen by C. Jeffrey)
Senecio johnstonii [family COMPOSITAE], [sensu Stuhlmann in Mit Emin Pascha ins Herz von Afrika: 292, 295, 300 (1894), non Oliv.]
Senecio adnivalis subsp. adnivalis [family COMPOSITAE], : Hauman in Rev. Bot. Zool. Afr. 28: 48 (1935); A.V.P.: 232, 359 (1957), autonym
Senecio adnivalis (De Wild.) Hauman subsp. refractisquamatus [family COMPOSITAE], in Rev. Bot. Zool. Afr. 28: 47 (1935) pro parte
Senecio johnstonii (De Wild.) Mabb. subsp. refractisquamatus [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 28: 82 (1973) pro parte
Dendrosenecio johnstonii (De Wild.) B.Nord. subsp. refractisquamatus [family COMPOSITAE], in Opera Bot. 44: 42 (1978) pro parte
Information
Upright, polycarpic plant to 10 m tall, with trunk to 40 cm in diameter; pith to 3–4 cm in diameter; stem with densely packed leaf-rosettes of 25–60 leaves, with no internode elongation; cloaked with marcescent foliage or at least covered with retained leaf-bases for 1–3 m below the leaf-rosettes. Periodic reproduction yields sparsely to densely branched, spreading plants that regularly attain five reproductive cycles. Leaf lamina oblanceolate or elliptic to cordate, to 96 cm long and 26 cm wide, with lower portion of leaf constricted to form a pseudo-petiole, hair cushion present on upper leaf-base, sometimes extending along the midvein, lower surface glabrous or sparsely to densely pubescent, or with a felty indumentum, villose along lower midvein. Inflorescence narrowly paniculate to 160 cm tall, 60 cm in diameter; capitula pendulous. Ray florets 9–20, to 16 mm long, or absent; disc florets 90–250.

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