Araliaceae
Neocussonia

Neocussonia umbellifera (Sond.) Hutch.

First published in Gen. Fl. Pl. 2: 79 (1967)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146459147/146459149

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Araliaceae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978

Morphology General Habit
Tree of up to 15 m. high.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves digitately compound, with relatively uniform and regular leaflets.
Morphology Leaves Petiole
Petiole up to c. 25 cm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets elliptic to broadly elliptic (to oblanceolate), up to 12 × 7 cm., usually with distinct petiolules up to 4 cm. long, rarely subsessile, coriaceous, glabrous or with minute scattered hairs, dark glossy green above, paler beneath; margin subentire, slightly undulate; apex obtuse, retuse, emarginate with a terminal mucro or acute; base cuneate (sometimes obliquely so).
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbellules with 6–14 flowers on pedicels c. 1 cm. long; bracteoles obsolete. Rays of terminal umbels 6–7, up to 4 cm. long (in fruit). Inflorescence a paniculate complex of umbels; bracts sometimes present (probably caducous), primary branches up to 15 cm. long, bearing a large terminal compound umbel and much smaller, simple, lateral umbels.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stylopodium
Stylopodium indistinct.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit globose, sometimes slightly flattened above and below, up to 7 mm. in diameter, glabrous.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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 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