Araliaceae
Cussonia

Cussonia holstii Harms ex Engl.

First published in Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 64 (1894)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to Tanzania, Yemen. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Fischer, E., Rembold, K., Althof, A. & Obholzer, J. (2010). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kakamega forest, Western province, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 99: 129-226.
  • 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 Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 115 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 52 (1961).
  • Engl. in Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 1894: 64 (1894).
  • Harms in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien 3 (8): 54 (1894)
  • Harms in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 298 (1895).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 59 (1949).
  • Lebrun in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État a Bruxelles 13: 17 (1934).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 691 (1948).
  • Tennant in Kew Bulletin 14: 223 (1960).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 34 (1952).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1959 Semsei, S.R. [2829] Tanzania K000350584 Neotype Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Semsei, S.R. [2829] Tanzania K000350585 Neotype Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Burtt, B.D. [806] Tanzania K000350586 Holotype Yes
Oct 1, 1958 Koutochoner, H. [1850] Tanzania K000350587 Holotype Yes
Troupin, G. [4228] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K:SPC-04972.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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