Neocussonia Explained

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.

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.

Known species

According to Kew:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neocussonia Hutch. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 2 November 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.

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