Dendrosenecio battiscombei

Dendrosenecio battiscombei (synonym Senecio battiscombei) is one of the giant groundsels that lives on the slopes of Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range. Like Dendrosenecio adnivalis on the Ruwenzori Mountains and the Virunga Mountains, Dendrosenecio battiscombei grows in the lower wetter areas of the Afro-Alpine zone.^[3]

Dendrosenecio battiscombei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Dendrosenecio
Species:	D. battiscombei
Binomial name
Dendrosenecio battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox
Synonyms
Senecio battiscombei R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr. Senecio aberdaricus R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr. Source:[2]

Infraspecific name synonymy

• Dendrosenecio battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox
  • Dendrosenecio johnstonii (Oliv.) B.Nord. subsp. battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) B.Nord.
  • Senecio aberdaricus R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
  • Senecio battiscombei R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
  • Senecio johnstonii Oliv. var. battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) Mabb.^[2]