''Dendrosenecio brassiciformis'' is a species of

East Africa East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the Africa, African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the regi ...

n giant groundsel. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the slopes of

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 ...

and bearing fruit but once, and dying after. Once considered to be of the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

Senecio ''Senecio'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae) that includes ragworts and groundsels. Variously circumscribed taxonomically, the genus ''Senecio'' is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Description Mo ...

'' but since have been reclassified into their own genus ''

Dendrosenecio ''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 mou ...

''.

Distribution

''Dendrosenecio brassiciformis'' lives on the

from elevation.

Infraspecific name In botany, an infraspecific name is the scientific name for any taxon below the rank of species, i.e. an infraspecific taxon or infraspecies. The scientific names of botanical taxa are regulated by the ''International Code of Nomenclature for al ...
synonymy

*''Dendrosenecio brassica'' B.Nord. subsp. ''brassiciformis'' (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) B.Nord. *''Dendrosenecio brassiciformis'' (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) Mabb. *''Senecio brassica'' R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr. subsp. ''brassiciformis'' (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) Mabb. *''Senecio brassiciformis'' R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.

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* brassiciformis Endemic flora of Kenya Afromontane flora Taxa named by Robert Elias Fries Taxa named by Thore Christian Elias Fries Plants described in 1922 {{Senecioneae-stub

Distribution

Infraspecific name In botany, an infraspecific name is the scientific name for any taxon below the rank of species, i.e. an infraspecific taxon or infraspecies. The scientific names of botanical taxa are regulated by the ''International Code of Nomenclature for al ... synonymy

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Infraspecific name In botany, an infraspecific name is the scientific name for any taxon below the rank of species, i.e. an infraspecific taxon or infraspecies. The scientific names of botanical taxa are regulated by the ''International Code of Nomenclature for al ...
synonymy