Afrosciadium kerstenii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Afrosciadium |
Species: | A. kerstenii
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Binomial name | |
Afrosciadium kerstenii | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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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]