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Senecio albescens

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Identification
Senecio albescens De Wild. [family ASTERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Dendrosenecio adnivalis (Stapf) E.B.Knox [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Knox E.B., 1993
Related name
  • Dendrosenecio adnivalis
  • Senecio albescens

Flora

Entry for Dendrosenecio adnivalis (Mildbr.) E.B.Knox subsp. friesiorum [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 (Mildbr.) E.B.Knox subsp. friesiorum [family COMPOSITAE], in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 243 (1993). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Mildbraed 2599 (B†, holo.) & Ruwenzori, west slope, Humbert 8934 (K!, neo., B!, BR!, GH!, NY!, P!, US!, isoneo., chosen by Mabb.)
Senecio hypoleucus Muschl. [family COMPOSITAE], in Z.A.E.: 665 (1914), nom. nud.
Senecio friesiorum Mildbr. [family COMPOSITAE], in F.R. 18: 231 (1922); A.V.P.: 231, 358 (1957)
Senecio albescens De Wild. [family COMPOSITAE], Pl. Bequaert. 5: 140 (1929). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Ruwenzori, Butagu Valley, Bequaert 3847 (BR!, holo.)
Senecio johnstonii (Mildbr.) Mabb. var. friesiorum [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 28: 84 (1973)
Dendrosenecio johnstonii (Mildbr.) B.Nord. var. friesiorum [family COMPOSITAE], in Opera Bot. 44: 42 (1978)
Senecio johnstonii (Mildbr.) Mabb. var. friesiorum [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 41: 891 (1986); Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr.: 327 (1991)
Information
Plant to 7 m tall, with trunk to 35 cm in diameter. Leaf lamina oblanceolate; to 45 cm long and 13 cm wide, lower leaf surface with a dense, felty indumentum. Ray florets 11–15, to 10 mm long; disc florets 150–250.
Range
DISTR. U 2 Congo (Kinshasa), endemic to Ruwenzori Mts
Altitude range
3900–4200 m
Distribution
UGANDA Ruwenzori Mts, SW ridge of Mt Stanley, Aug. 1953, Osmaston 3260! & below edge of Batoda Plateau, July 1988, Knox 270!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area CONSERVATION Protected in the National Park; least concern (LC)

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