Dendrosenecio

Giant groundsels
Dendrosenecio kilimanjari
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Dendrosenecio
(Hauman ex Hedberg) B.Nord. (1978)
Type species
Dendrosenecio johnstonii
Synonyms
  • Senecio L. subg. Dendrosenecio (L. Hauman ex Hedberg)

Dendrosenecio is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is a segregate of Senecio, in which it forms the subgenus Dendrosenecio. Its members, the giant groundsels, are native to the higher-altitude zones of ten mountain groups in equatorial East Africa, where they form a conspicuous element of the flora.