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Dendrosenecio is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is a segregate of Senecio, in which it forms the subgenus Dendrosenecio. Its members, the giant groundsels, are native to the higher-altitude zones of ten mountain groups in equatorial East Africa, where they form a conspicuous element of the flora.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Observations recorded4,025

Dendrosenecio es un género de plantas herbáceas perteneciente a la familia de las asteráceas. Comprende 13 especies descritas y de estas, solo 11 aceptadas.​​

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
With media
6
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
MO, NHMUK, O, UPS
Recorded in
Uganda, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Asteraceae
Image
Senecio kilimanjari.jpg
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taxon name
Dendrosenecio
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Dendrosenecio
Commons category
Dendrosenecio
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Species
  • Distribution
  • Distribution chart
  • Evolution and adaptation
  • Gridded adaptive speciation studies
  • Vegetation zones
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  • 4,500 meters–peak (15,000 ft)
  • Dispersal and establishment
  • Parallel evolution
  • Cytological uniformity
  • References
  • External links

Dendrosenecio is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is a segregate of Senecio, in which it forms the subgenus Dendrosenecio. Its members, the giant groundsels, are native to the higher-altitude zones of ten mountain groups in equatorial East Africa, where they form a conspicuous element of the flora.

==Description== They have a giant rosette habit, with a terminal leaf rosette at the apex of a stout woody stem. When they bloom, the flowers form a large terminal inflorescence. Concomitantly, two to four lateral branches are normally initiated. As a result, old plants have the appearance of candelabras the size of telephone poles, each branch with a terminal rosette.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dendrosenecio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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