taxonID	type	description	language	source
AF0287CA846E5774F98AF8DE169B3C8F.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — Kenya. Meru District, Mt. Kenya, eastern slope, Chogoria Route Waterfall, 00 ° 09 ’ 02.17 ’’ S, 37 ° 24 ’ 32.80 ’’ E, elevation 3184 m, 25 Jan. 2015, SAJIT 002822 (holotype HIB!; isotypes EA!, PE!). The same locality, 12 Aug. 2016, SAJIT 003998 (paratypes HIB!; EA!; PE!). Perennial succulent woody herb (Fig. 3 A); stems much-branched, up to 50 cm long, covered with white powder (Fig. 3 B). Leaves sessile, alternate, narrowly oblong, 10 – 40 × 3 – 8 mm, apex obtuse to acute, base shortly auriculate-peltate, covered with white powder (Fig. 3 B). Inflorescences of terminal corymbose cymes, many-flowered, up to 10 cm long (Fig. 3 C); bracts similar to leaves, but smaller (Fig. 3 D); pedicels 2 – 10 mm long. Flowers 5 - merous (Fig. 3 E). Calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate, 5 – 7 × 1 – 2 mm, base united for 1 mm, spurs absent or slightly spurred (Fig. 3 D). Petals bright yellow, lanceolate, 7 – 11 × 2 – 3.5 mm, base united, apex obtuse, slightly reflexed in open flowers (Fig. 3 E). Stamens 10, with antisepalous filaments 3 – 5.5 mm long; antipetalous filaments inserted 1.3 – 2 mm above the base of the petals and free for 2 – 4.5 mm; anthers oval, 0.8 – 1 mm long (Fig. 3 E). Nectary scales ca. 0.6 – 0.8 × 0.6 – 0.9 mm, shallowlly 2 – lobed at the tip. Carpels 5, shortly united at the base, 2 – 4 × 0.8 – 1.5 mm; styles ca. 1 mm long (Fig. 3 E). Seeds numerous, brown to black, oblong to narrowly oblong, 0.5 – 0.7 mm long (Fig. 2 B & D).	en	Zhou, Ya-Dong, Hu, Guang-Wan, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qing-Feng (2016): Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa 261 (2): 177-184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7
AF0287CA846E5774F98AF8DE169B3C8F.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet “ keniense ” is from the name of the country, “ Kenya ”. It also could be interpreted as derived from the name of Mt. Kenya.	en	Zhou, Ya-Dong, Hu, Guang-Wan, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qing-Feng (2016): Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa 261 (2): 177-184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7
AF0287CA846E5774F98AF8DE169B3C8F.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — Sedum keniense is only known from Chogoria Waterfall, Mt. Kenya, at an elevation of ca. 3184 m (Fig. 4). The species grows luxuriantly in wet places on the cliff wall close to the waterfall (Fig. 4 C) and occasionally on trees (Fig. 4 D).	en	Zhou, Ya-Dong, Hu, Guang-Wan, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qing-Feng (2016): Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Phytotaxa 261 (2): 177-184, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.261.2.7
