Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.

Zhou, Ya-Dong, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Hu, Guang-Wan & Wang, Qing-Feng, 2022, Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Mount Kenya, East Africa, Phytotaxa 546 (1), pp. 1-108 : 49

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https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.546.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6648659

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scientific name

Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel.
status

 

Hagenia abyssinica (Bruce) J.F.Gmel. View in CoL

Habit: Tree.

Habitat: LMWF, LMDF, BZ, UMF, HZ; 2 200–3 700 m. Distribution: II.

Voucher: Near Meru Mount Kenya Lodge , Alt. 2 994 m, 21 Jul. 2014, SAJIT 001956 ( HIB) & CPG 28499 ( HIB, PE).

References: Fries & Fries (1930b), Graham (1960), Bussmann (1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2006), Bussmann & Beck (1995a, 1998, 1999), Lange et al. (1997), Gathaara (1999) .

Bussmann, R. W. (1993) The forest of Mt. Kenya (Kenya): A phytosociological approach with special reference to ecological problems. Ph. D. Thesis, Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen, Tubingen, 119 pp.

Bussmann, R. W. (1994) The forest of Mt. Kenya (Kenya): Vegetation, ecology, destruction and management of a tropical mountain forest ecosystem. Ph. D. dissertation, Universitat Bayreuth Startseite, Bayreuth, 252 pp.

Bussmann, R. W. & Beck, E. (1995 a) The forests of Mt. Kenya (Kenya), a phytosociological synopsis. Phytocoenologia 25 (4): 467 - 560. https: // doi. org / 10.1127 / phyto / 25 / 1995 / 467

Bussmann, R. W. (1996) Destruction and management of Mount Kenya's forests. Ambio 25 (5): 314 - 317.

Bussmann, R. W. & Beck, E. (1998) The plant communities of the forests of Mount Kenya - First phytosociological and ecological data. In: Ojany, F. F. (Ed.) African mountains and highlands - planning for sustainable use of mountain resources. United Nations University, Tokyo, pp. 96 - 107.

Bussmann, R. W. & Beck, E. (1999) Vegetation units of Mt. Kenya Forest Reserve: Comment. In: Bitok (Ed.) Vegetations-okologosche, ethnobotanische und faunistische Beitrage uber Aquatorial-Afrika. Bayreuther Forum Okologie 64. Bayreuther Forum Okologie, Bayreuth, pp. 17 - 28.

Bussmann, R. W. (2001) Succession and regeneration patterns of East African mountain forests: A review. Systematics and Geography of Plants 72 (2): 959 - 974. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3668731

Bussmann, R. W. (2006) Vegetation zonation and nomenclature of African Mountains: An overview. Lyonia 11 (1): 41 - 46.

Fries, R. E. & Fries, T. C. E. (1930 b) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Flora des Kenia, Mt. Aberdare und Mt. Elgon. XIV. Notizblatt des Koniglichen Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin 11 (101): 20 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3994695

Gathaara, G. N. (1999) Aerial survey of the destruction of Mt. Kenya, Imenti and Ngare Ndare forests reserves. Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi.

Graham, R. A. (1960) Rosaceae. In: Hubbard, C. E. & Milne-Redhead, E. (Eds.) Flora of Tropical East Africa. Crown Agents, London, 61 pp.

Lange, S., Bussmann, R. W. & Beck, E. (1997) Stand structure and regeneration of the subalpine Hagenia abyssinica forest of Mt. Kenya. Botanica Acta 110: 473 - 480. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1438 - 8677.1997. tb 00665. x

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Hagenia