''Dendrosenecio battiscombei'' (synonym ''Senecio battiscombei'') is one of the giant groundsels that lives on the slopes of

Mount Kenya Mount Kenya (Meru people, Meru: ''Kĩrĩmaara,'' Kikuyu people, Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba language, Kamba: ''Ki nyaa'', Embu language, Embu: ''Kĩ nyaga'') is an extinct volcano in Kenya and the Highest mountain peaks of Africa, second-highe ...

and the

Aberdare Range The Aberdare Range (formerly the Sattima Range, Kikuyu: ''Nyandarua'') is a long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It straddles the counties of Nyandarua, Nyeri, Murang'a, Kiambu and ...

. Like ''

Dendrosenecio adnivalis ''Dendrosenecio adnivalis'' (synonym ''Senecio adnivalis'') is one of the giant groundsels of the mountains of Eastern Africa. ''D. adnivalis'' grows on the Rwenzori Mountains and on the Virunga Mountains in Uganda and the Democratic Republic ...

'' on the

Ruwenzori Mountains The Rwenzori (also known as the Ruwenzori, Rwenzururu or Rwenjura) are a mountain range, range of mountains in eastern equatorial Africa, located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The highest peak of the Ruw ...

and the

Virunga Mountains The Virunga Mountains (also known as Mufumbiro) are a chain of volcanoes in East Africa, in the area where Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and Uganda meet. The mountain range is a branch of the Albertine Rift Mountains, ...

, ''Dendrosenecio battiscombei'' grows in the lower wetter areas of the Afro-Alpine zone.

Infraspecific name synonymy

*''Dendrosenecio battiscombei'' (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox **''

Dendrosenecio johnstonii ''Dendrosenecio johnstonii'', formerly ''Senecio johnstonii'', is a species of giant groundsel found in the middle altitudes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. A recent botanical reclassification split off some species formerly in ''Senecio'', putti ...

'' (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.

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* * kilimanjari Endemic flora of Kenya Mount Kenya Afromontane flora Taxa named by Robert Elias Fries Taxa named by Thore Christian Elias Fries {{Senecioneae-stub