Araliaceae
Cussonia

Cussonia spicata Thunb.

First published in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 212 (1780)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is South Sudan to S. Africa, Comoros. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Cape Provinces, Comoros, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3 (2): 782–783, fig. 326/F, G (1921).
  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 115 (1936).
  • Bews & Aitken in Bot. Survey S. Africa, Mem. 5: 56 (1923).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 54, fig. 10/A (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 312 (1962).
  • Gilg in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile B: 342 (1895).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 32 (1877).
  • 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).
  • Sond. in Fl. Cap. 2: 568 (1861–62).
  • Thunb. in Nov. Act. Soc. Sc. Ups. 3: 212, t. 13 (1780).
  • 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?
Rogers, F.A. [21178] South Africa K005216038 Yes
Rowland Jones, M. [24] South Africa K005216050 Yes
Ward, C.J. [7557] South Africa K005216122 Yes
Scheepers, J.C.; Muller, P.J. [179] K005216044 Yes
Muller, P.J.; Scheepers, J.C. [179] K005216045 Yes
Codd, L.E. [6485] South Africa K005216052 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11091] South Africa K005216099 Yes
Mphamba [104] Mozambique K000614312 No
Rodin, R.J. [4056] South Africa K005216043 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [392] K005216039 Yes
Strey, R.G. [9836] South Africa K005216124 Yes
Ward, C.J. [5896] South Africa K005216113 Yes
Jordaan, M. [92] K005216034 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11235a] South Africa K005216131 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10816] South Africa K005216135 Yes
Strey, R.G. [8539] K005216036 Yes
Killick, D.J.B.; Strey, R.G. [2435] K005216041 Yes
Strey, R.G. [3277] South Africa K005216053 Yes
Moll, E.J. [1254] South Africa K005216097 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10361] South Africa K005216137 Yes
Ward, C.J. [2302] South Africa K005216112 Yes
Timberlake, J. [5456] Mozambique K000614437 No
Strey, R.G. [11246A] South Africa K005216133 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11247] South Africa K005216128 Yes
Killick, D.J.B. [1968] South Africa K005216098 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [622] South Africa K005216055 Yes
Moffett, R.O. [153] South Africa K005216138 Yes
Strey, R.G. [[11235b]] South Africa K005216130 Yes
Prior, J. [5] Eswatini K004007378 Yes
Scheepers, J.C. [392] K005216040 Yes
Ross, J.H. [2127] South Africa K005216105 Yes
Ward, C.J. [5618] South Africa K005216107 Yes
de Winter, B. [8358] South Africa K005216110 Yes
Ward, C.J. [7557] South Africa K005216123 Yes
{E. van Jaarsveld; Kotze, D.} [7841A] South Africa K005216125 Yes
Devenish, N.J. [1037] South Africa K005216111 Yes
Mogg; Dyer [s.n.] South Africa K005216049 Yes
Scharf, H.T. [1403] South Africa K005216136 Yes
Taylor, H.C. [7331] K005216037 Yes
Prior, J. [245] Eswatini K005216114 Yes
Gomes e Sousa, A. Mozambique K:SPC-25697.000 No
Strey, R.G. [7742] South Africa K005216108 Yes
Mogg; Dyer [s.n.] South Africa K005216047 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11026] South Africa K005216100 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11246b] South Africa K005216132 Yes
Strey, R.G. [8777] South Africa K005216106 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11005] South Africa K005216102 Yes
Morris, J.W. [865] South Africa K005216103 Yes
[Gueinzius] [s.n.] South Africa K005216120 Yes
Strey, R.G. [8538] K005216035 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10371] South Africa K005216093 Yes
[D. Gueinzius] [s.n.] South Africa K005216119 Yes
McClean, B. [82] South Africa K005216116 Yes
Strey, R.G. [6994] South Africa K005216058 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [4638] South Africa K005216121 Yes
Strey, R.G. [11253] South Africa K005216134 Yes
McClean, A.P.D. [28707] South Africa K005216115 Yes
Moll, E.J. [3436] South Africa K005216109 Yes
Cooper, T. [1013] South Africa K005216059 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10371] South Africa K005216092 Yes
de Winter, B.; Vahrmeijer, J. [8489] South Africa K005216057 Yes
Schlieben; Strey [8417] South Africa K005216054 Yes
Moll, E.J. [5476] South Africa K005216101 Yes
Cheadle [617] South Africa K005216094 Yes
Codd, L.E. [4410] South Africa K005216046 Yes
Britten, G.V. [s.n.] South Africa K005216127 Yes
Davy, J.B. [2800] Eswatini K005216033 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4688] South Africa K005216117 Yes
Bayer, A.W. [1433] South Africa K005216104 Yes
Mogg; Dyer [s.n.] South Africa K005216048 Yes
Codd, L.E. [6485] South Africa K005216051 Yes
Dyer, R.A. [1208] South Africa K005216126 Yes
Moll, E.J. [4486] South Africa K005216096 Yes
Strey, R.G. [10955] South Africa K005216129 Yes
Vuuren, D.V. [256] South Africa K005216056 Yes
Howes, F.N. [3] South Africa K005216118 Yes
Morris, J.W. [554] South Africa K005216095 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4774] South Africa K005216042 Yes

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