Global InformationDendrosenecio keniodendron information
| Giant groundsel | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Dendrosenecio |
| Species: | D. keniodendron
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrosenecio keniodendron (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) B.Nord.[2][3]
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| Range of D. keniodendron in the Afrotropics | |
| Synonyms | |
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Senecio keniodendron R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.[4][5] | |
Dendrosenecio keniodendron or giant groundsel is a species of the genus Dendrosenecio of the large family Asteraceae and is one of the several species of giant groundsels endemic to the high altitudes of the Afrotropics,[6] including Dendrosenecio johnstonii[7] (Senecio battiscombei)[8] occurring on Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Aberdare Mountains, Dendrosenecio keniensis occurring the lower alpine zone of Mount Kenya and D. keniodendron occurring in higher and drier sites on Mount Kenya.[9] The giant rosette plants, sometimes 6 metres (20 ft) tall, often grow in even-sized stands (presumably even-aged), with different understory communities under different-aged stands.[9][10]
- ^ Williams, E.; Crook, V. (2016). "Dendrosenecio keniodendron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T63923748A63934915. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T63923748A63934915.en. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. "Plant Name Details". Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "Dendrosenecio keniodendron (R.E. Fr. & T.C.E. Fr.) B. Nord". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ "Entry for Dendrosenecio keniodendron (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) B.Nord. [family COMPOSITAE]". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Dendrosenecio keniodendron (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) B.Nord. record n° 105269". African Flowering Plant Database. 1978. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ Knox, ric B.; Jeffrey D. Palmer (October 24, 1995). "Chloroplast DNA variation and the recent radiation of the giant senecios (Asteraceae) on the tall mountains of eastern Africa". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 92 (22). National Academy of Sciences: 10349–10354. Bibcode:1995PNAS...9210349K. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.22.10349. PMC 40794. PMID 7479782.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Langdon D. Clough. "Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania". Encyclopedia of Earth. United Nations Environment Programme. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ "Senecio johnstonii Oliv. var. johnstonii [family COMPOSITAE]". Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
- ^ a b Alan P. Smith; Truman P. Young (1994). "Population biology of Senecio keniodendron". In Philip W. Rundel; Alan P. Smith; F.C. Meinzer (eds.). Tropical Alpine Environments: Plant Form and Function. Cambridge University Press. pp. 376 pages. ISBN 0-521-42089-X.
- ^ Young, Truman P.; Mary M. Peacock (March 1992). "Giant senecios and alpine vegetation of Mount Kenya". Journal of Ecology. 80 (1). JSTOR: 141–148. doi:10.2307/2261071. JSTOR 2261071.