Biology:Afrosciadium kerstenii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Afrosciadium kerstenii
Afrosciadium kerstenii (K000311268).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Afrosciadium
Species:
A. kerstenii
Binomial name
Afrosciadium kerstenii
(Engl.) P.J.D.Winter[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Peucedanum mildbraedii Anthriscus dissectus
  • C.H.Wright (C.H.Wright) Dawe
  • H.Wolff Peucedanum wrightii
  • Peucedanum kerstenii M.Hiroe
  • Peucedanum dissectum Engl.

Afrosciadium kerstenii, synonym Peucedanum kerstenii, is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to east tropical Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaïre).[1] It grows among the giant groundsels (Dendrosenecio) atop of the mountains of east Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Rwenzori Mountains and the Virunga Volcanoes.[2][3][4]

Afrosciadium kerstenii is a shrublike[3] "large hardy perennial" [4] umbel that grows to be 2 meters (6 – 7 feet) tall and found on the Ruwenzori Range in woodlands at altitudes of 3,500 - 4,200 meters (11,000 - 14,000 feet),[3] and on the slopes of all the larger mountains mixed with Hagenia abyssinica.[4]

Afrosciadium kerstenii on the Shira Plateau of Mount Kilimanjaro

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Afrosciadium kerstenii (Engl.) P.J.D.Winter", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77090179-1, retrieved 2020-10-16 
  2. ↑ Aluka. "Peucedanum kerstenii Engl. [family UMBELLIFERAE"]. African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.PEUCEDANUM.KERSTENII. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke (2 March 2006). "Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones". Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich. Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20080530005602/http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/datenbanken/rwenzori/Rwenzori_desktop.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-06. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO". World Conservation Union. 1984. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20080430220945/http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/virunga.html. Retrieved 2008-05-09. 

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