Dendrosenecio brassiciformis is one of the East Africa

East Africa

East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...

n giant groundsel, this one is endemic to the slopes of Aberdare Range

Aberdare Range

The Aberdare Range is a 160 km long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It is located in west central Kenya, northeast of Naivasha and Gilgil and just south of the Equator...

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

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 Senecio

Senecio

Senecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters...

but since have been reclassified into their own genus Dendrosenecio

Dendrosenecio

Dendrosenecio is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is a segregate of Senecio, in which it formed the subgenus Dendrosenecio...

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Distribution

Dendrosenecio brassiciformis lives on the Aberdare Range

Aberdare Range

The Aberdare Range is a 160 km long mountain range of upland, north of Kenya's capital Nairobi with an average elevation of . It is located in west central Kenya, northeast of Naivasha and Gilgil and just south of the Equator...

 between the altitudes of 2,950 and 3,950 meters (9,700 and 13,000 feet).

Infraspecific name 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.