Cussonia

Genus: Cussonia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Apiales > Family: Araliaceae

The 25 species are native to tropical and southern Africa, as well as the Mascarene Islands. There are about 10 species in southern Africa.

Cussonia angolensis
Cussonia arenicola
Cussonia gamtoosensis
Cussonia natalensis
Cussonia nicholsonii
Cussonia paniculata (Mountain Cabbage Tree, Highveld Cabbage Tree) Bergkiepersol, Kiepersol [Afrikaans]; motsetse [Sotho, Tswana]; umngqokhwe [Xhosa]; umsenge [Swazi, Xhosa, Zulu] See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 108; Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 68.
Cussonia sphaerocephala
Cussonia spicata (Lowveld Cabbage Tree) Laeveld Kiepersol [Afrikaans]; mosêtsê [Tswana]; mosêtshê [North Sotho]; musenje [Tsonga]; musenzhe [Venda]; umboza [Xhosa]; umsenge [Swazi, Zulu] See Creative Gardening with Indigenous Plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 90.
Cussonia thyrsiflora Kiepersol [Afrikaans] See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 182
Cussonia transvaalensis
Cussonia zuluensis

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Reyneke, W.F. 1984. A new species of Cussonia (Araliaceae) from the Transvaal. South African Journal of Botany 36: 369-373.
Reyneke, W.F. & Kok, P.D.F. 1987. Two varieties of Cussonia paniculata Eckl. & Zeyh. South African Journal of Botany 53: 317.
Strey, R.G. 1973. Notes on the genus Cussonia in South Africa. Bothalia 11: 191-201.
Strey, R.G. 1975. Araliaceae. A new species of Cussonia from the southern Cape. Bothalia 11: 515.