Neocussonia

Neocussonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Araliaceae.[1]

Neocussonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Genus: Neocussonia
Hutch.

Its native range is Tanzania to s. Africa and Madagascar. It is also found in the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Provinces (regions of South Africa), Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini and Zimbabwe.[1]

The genus name of Neocussonia is in honour of Pierre Cusson (1727–1783), a French botanist who specialised in Umbelliferae,[2] and it was first described and published in Gen. Fl. Pl. Vol.2 on page 79 in 1967.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Neocussonia bojeri (Seem.) Hutch.
  • Neocussonia bracteolifera (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia capuroniana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia favargeri (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia fosbergiana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia frodiniana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia halleana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia litoralis (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia longipedicellata (Lecomte) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia lukwangulensis (Tennant) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia moratii (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia rainaliana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia staufferiana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia umbellifera (Sond.) Hutch.
  • Neocussonia vantsilana (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
  • Neocussonia weibeliana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin

References

  1. "Neocussonia Hutch. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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