Dendrosenecio
Sign in to saveDendrosenecio 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.
Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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16 sectionsContents
- 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.