Cussonia spicata

Cussonia spicata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Araliaceae
Subfamilia: Aralioideae
Genus: Cussonia
Species: Cussonia spicata

Name

Cussonia spicata Thunb., 1780

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cussonia quercifolia Colla, Hortus Ripul.: 43 (1824).
  • Cussonia triptera Colla, Hortus Ripul.: 43 (1824).
  • Cussonia calophylla Miq., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 1: 36 (1844).
  • Cussonia kraussii Hochst., Flora 27: 431 (1844).
  • Cussonia boivinii Drake, J. Bot. (Morot) 11: 125 (1897)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Botswana; Cape Provinces; Comoros; Free State; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Malawi; Mozambique; Northern Provinces; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia; Zare; Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Thunberg, C.P., 1780. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. Uppsala 3:212, t. 13.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Cussonia spicata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Cussonia spicata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Cussonia spicata. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 20 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Cussonia spicata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 20.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Cussonia spicata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Nov. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cussonia spicata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Gewone kiepersol
English: Common Cabbage Tree
Sesotho: Motšhetšhe (N), umSenge (S)
Setswana: Musenje
isiXhosa: umSenge
isiZulu: umSenge

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