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Dendrosenecio kilimanjari subsp. kilimanjari [family COMPOSITAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

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 subsp. kilimanjari [family COMPOSITAE] Senecio johnstonii Oliv. [family COMPOSITAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot. ser. 2, 2: 340, t. 60 (1887) pro parte et quoad figs. 1, 3, non Oliv. sensu stricto Senecio kilimanjari Mildbr. [family COMPOSITAE], in F.R. 18: 229 (1922); Cotton in Hook. Ic. Pl. 33: t. 3289 (1935); T.T.C.L.: 158 (1949); A.V.P.: 227 (1957) Senecio johnstonii subsp. johnstonii [family COMPOSITAE], : Mabb. in K.B. 28: 87 (1973) pro parte Dendrosenecio johnstonii subsp. johnstonii [family COMPOSITAE], : B. Nord. in Opera Bot. 44: 42 (1978) pro parte Senecio johnstonii (Mildbr.) C.Jeffrey var. kilimanjari [family COMPOSITAE], in K.B. 41: 888 (1986)
Information
Plant to 7 m tall, with trunk to 30 cm in diameter. Leaf-rosettes of 25–45 leaves. Leaf lamina lanceolate, to 69 cm long and 27 cm wide, constricted toward the base, but lamina generally extending along the midvein and flared at the base; lower surface glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Inflorescence to 150 cm tall, 80 cm in diameter. Ray florets 12–18, to 29 mm long; disc florets 100–200.
Range
DISTR. T 2 endemic to Kilimanjaro
Altitude range
3000–3800 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Kilimanjaro, S slope between Umbwe and Weru Weru Rivers, Aug. 1932, Greenway 3151! & Between Mandara [Bismark] Hut and Horombo [Peter’s] Hut, Feb. 1934, Greenway 3793! & Above Marangu, June 1948, Hedberg 1388!
Notes
USES. None recorded on specimens from our area CONSERVATION Protected in the National Park; least concern (LC)
Dendrosenecio kilimanjari subsp. kilimanjari [family COMPOSITAE]
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