Family:
Araliaceae Juss.
Genus:
Cussonia Thunb.

Cussonia bancoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr.

This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Tropical Africa to Congo.

[FWTA]

Araliaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit
A forest tree; leaves and flower-spikes clustered at the ends of the branches
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers greenish-white, with an unpleasant smell which attracts flies.

Native to:

Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria

Cussonia bancoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7530], Cameroon K000198212 No
Dec 1, 2003 Cheek, M. [7530], Cameroon K000198211 No
Onochie, C.F.A. [FHI19658], Nigeria K000043526 No
Gledhill, D. [978], Nigeria K000043527 No
Hall, J.B. [GC37185], Ghana K000043528 No
Hall, J.B. [2777], Ghana K000043529 No
Hall, J.B. [2777], Ghana K000043530 No
Scholes, J. [454], Ghana K000043531 No
Taylor, C.J. [5449], Ghana K000043532 No
Taylor, C.J. [5449], Ghana K000043533 No

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 393 (1937 publ. 1938)

Accepted by

  • 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.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Literature

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 3: 84 t. 273 (1936), French descr. only.
  • in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 84: 393 (1938)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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