''Dendrosenecio battiscombei'' (synonym ''Senecio battiscombei'') is one of the giant groundsels that lives on the slopes of
Mount Kenya
Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...
and the
Aberdare Range. 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 Republi ...
'' on the
Ruwenzori Mountains and the
Virunga 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
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