Araliaceae

Cussonia Thunb.

First published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 210 (1780)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa, Comoros, Arabian Peninsula.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Senegal

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Frodin, D.G. & Govaerts, R. (2003 publ. 2004). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araliaceae: 1-444. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 3, 8: 53 (1894).
  • —F.T.A. 3: 31

Flora Zambesiaca

  • in Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Ups. 3: 210, t. 12 & 13 (1780).

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by S. Fici [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • in Nov. Act. Soc. Sc. Ups. 3: 210, t. 12, 13 (1780)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7530] Cameroon K000198211 No
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7530] Cameroon K000198212 No
Cruse, A.W. Zimbabwe K:SPC-06984.000 No
Tanner, R.E.S. [980] Tanzania K:SPC-06985.000 No
Hall, J.B.; Bowling [GC37185] Ghana K000043528 No
Onochie, C.F.A.; Keay, R.W. [FHI19658] Nigeria K000043526 No
Hall, J.B. [2777] Ghana K000043529 No
Hall, J.B. [2777] Ghana K000043530 No
Gledhill, D. [978] Nigeria K000043527 No
Taylor, C.J. [5449] Ghana K000043532 No
Taylor, C.J. [5449] Ghana K000043533 No
Scholes, J. [454] Ghana K000043531 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0