Afrosciadium kerstenii explained

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). It grows among the giant groundsels (Dendrosenecio) atop of the mountains of east Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Rwenzori Mountains and the Virunga Volcanoes.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Afrosciadium kerstenii is a shrublike^[2] "large hardy perennial" ^[3] 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),^[2] and on the slopes of all the larger mountains mixed with Hagenia abyssinica.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peucedanum kerstenii Engl. [family UMBELLIFERAE] ]. https://archive.today/20130801231449/http://www.aluka.org/action/showCompilationPage?doi=10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.PEUCEDANUM.KERSTENII . dead . August 1, 2013 . 2008-05-07 . Aluka . Aluka . African Plants . Ithaka Harbors, Inc .
2. Web site: Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones . 2008-05-06 . H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke . University of Zurich . 2 March 2006 . Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich. https://web.archive.org/web/20080530005602/http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/datenbanken/rwenzori/Rwenzori_desktop.pdf . 2008-05-30.
3. Web site: VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO . 2008-05-09 . 1984 . World Conservation Union. https://web.archive.org/web/20080430220945/http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/virunga.html . 2008-04-30.