User:Mehmet Karatay/List of plants in the Afro-alpine Zone of Mount Kenya
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The plants found in the Afro-alpine zone of Mount Kenya are very diverse, and are well adapted to the hostile climate in which they live.
Grasses[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Agrostis trachyphylla | Tussocky grassland and moorland, and rocky ground[2] | Kenya, also Ruwenzori (Uganda) and Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)[2] | Afro-alpine[2] | |
Deschampsia flexuosa | Wavy hair-grass | Gravelly soil and rocky slopes[4] | Holarctic distribution | to 3,000 metres (9,800 ft)[4] |
Anthoxanthum nivale
(K.Schum., 1895) |
(species of Vernal grass) | |||
Festuca pilgeri
(Saint-Yves, 1927) |
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Pentaschistis minor
(C.E.Hubb., 1937) |
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Festuca abyssinica
(Hochst., 1841) |
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Agrostis sclerophylla
(C.E.Hubb., 1936) |
(species of bent) | |||
Koeleria convoluta | (species of junegrass) | |||
Poa schimperi
([[]], ) |
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Poa leptoclada
([[]], ) |
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Arundinaria alpina | African Alpine Bamboo | Creates thickets | Tropical East and Central Africa | Thickets between 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) and 3,000 metres (9,800 ft)[6], isolated patches to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). |
Sedges[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Carex monostachya
(A.Rich., 1847-1850) |
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Carex runssoroensis
(K.Schum., 1895) |
Endemic to Ruwenzori, Virunga Volcanoes, Mount Elgon, Aberdares and Mount Kenya.[7] | |||
Flowering plants[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Ranunculus oreophytus
(Delile, 1843) |
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Arabis alpina
(Steud., 1840) |
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Swertia kilimandscharica
(Engl., 1891) |
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Valeriana kilimandscharica
(Engl., 1894) |
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Gladiolus watsonioides
(Baker, 1885) |
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Anemone thomsonii
(Oliv., 1885) |
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Subularia monticola | ||||
Helichrysum brownei
(S. Moore, ) |
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Haplocarpha ruepellii
([[]], ) |
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Gladiolus thomsonii
(Baker, 1881) |
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Helichrysum odoratissimum
(Sweet, 1826) |
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Helichrysum cymosum
(D.Don, 1824) |
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Helichrysum citrispinum
(Delile, 1843) |
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Helichrysum chionoides
(Philipson, 1937) |
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Helichrysum nandense
(S. Moore, ) |
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Helichrysum meyeri-johannis
(Engl., 1891) |
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Helichrysum ellipticifolium
(Moeser, 1910) |
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Helichrysum formosissimum
(Sch.Bip, 1845) |
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Helichrysum guilemii
(Engl, ) |
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Helichrysum spp. | ||||
Erica arborea
(L., 1753) |
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Geranium kilimandscharicum
(Engl., 1891) |
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Luzula abyssinica
(Parl., ) |
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Valeriana kilimandscharica
(Engl., 1894) |
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Wahlenbergia pusilla | ||||
Myosotis keniensis
(T.C.E.Fr., 1923) |
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Cerastium afromontanum
(T.C.E.Fr., 1929) |
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Romulea keniensis
(Hedberg, 1957) |
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Oreophyton falcatum
(O.E.Schulz, 1924) |
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Veronica gunae | ||||
Montia fontana
(L., 1753) |
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Swertia subnivalis
(T.C.E.Fr., 1923) |
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Cerastium octandrum
(Camus, 1888) |
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Erica trimera
(Engl., ) |
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(Polyscias fulva
(Hiern, 1894) |
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Swertia volkensii
(Gilg, ) |
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Erica excelsa
(Tausch, 1834) |
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Erica filago |
Herbaceous plants[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Galium ruwenzoriense
(Ehrendorfer, 1957) |
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Heracleum elgonense
(Bullock, 1932) |
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Alchemilla argyrophylla
(Oliv., 1886) |
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Alchemilla cyclophylla
(T.C.E.Fr., 1923) |
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Alchemilla johnstonii
(Oliv., 1886) |
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Satureja punctata
(R.Br., 1896) |
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Galium glaciale
(Krause, 1909) |
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Cardamine obliqua | ||||
Aromatic plants[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Haplosciadium abyssinicum
(Hochst., 1844) |
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Peucedanum frieiorum
([[]], ) |
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Succulents[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Sedum ruwenzoriense
(Baker f., 1908) |
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Crassula granvikii
(Mildbraed, 1922) |
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Sedum crassularia
(R.Hamet, 1929) |
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Giant thistles[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Carduus keniensis
(R.E.Fr., 1925) |
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Carduus platyphyllus
(R.E.Fr., 1925) |
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Carduus chamaecephalus | ||||
Carduus chaemophyllus
([[]], ) |
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Giant groundsels[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Senecio keniodendron
(T.C.E.Fr., 1922) |
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Senecio keniensis | ||||
Senecio keniophytum
(R.E.Fr.,1928) |
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Senecio purtschelleri
(Engl., 1891) |
Giant lobelia[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Lobelia telekii
(Engl., 1891) |
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Lobelia keniensis
(T.C.E.Fr., 1922) |
Water plants[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Potamogeton schweinfurthii
(Arth.Benn., ) |
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Mosses[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Grimmia perichetialis
([[]], ) |
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Tortula cavallii
([[]], ) |
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Brachythecium dümmeri
([[]], ) |
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Aulacomnium turgidum
([[]], ) |
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Campylopus denticuspes
([[]], ) |
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Philonotis fontana
([[]], ) |
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Didymodon spp.
([[]], ) |
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Bryum spp.
([[]], ) |
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([[]], ) |
Lichens[edit]
Scientific name
(Authority) |
Common name | Common habitats | Other places it lives | Altitude |
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Rhizocarpon geographicum
([[]], ) |
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([[]], ) |
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([[]], ) |
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([[]], ) |
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([[]], ) |
References[edit]
- ^ "International Plant Names Index". Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ a b c "Agrostis trachyphylla". Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Deschampsia flexuosa". Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ a b "Encyclopaedia of Life:Deschampsia flexuosa". Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Arundinaria alpina". Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^ "Arundina alpina" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-05-29.
- ^
Rejmánkivá, Eliska. "A Comparison of Carex runssoroensis Fens on Ruwenzori Mountains and Mount Elgon, Uganda". Biotropica. 27 (1): 37–46. doi:10.2307/2388901. JSTOR 2388901.
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