Neocussonia

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

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

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

See also

• Schefflera

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.