Neocussonia
# Neocussonia

Neocussonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Araliaceae.

Its native range is Tanzania to s. Africa and Madagascar. It is also found in the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, the Northern Provinces (regions of South Africa), Malawi, Mozambique, Eswatini and Zimbabwe.

The genus name of Neocussonia is in honour of Pierre Cusson (1727–1783), a French botanist who specialised in Umbelliferae, and it was first described and published in Gen. Fl. Pl. Vol.2 on page 79 in 1967.

## Known species

According to Kew:

* Neocussonia bojeri (Seem.) Hutch.
* Neocussonia bracteolifera (Frodin) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia capuroniana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia favargeri (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia fosbergiana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia frodiniana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia halleana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia litoralis (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia longipedicellata (Lecomte) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia lukwangulensis (Tennant) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia moratii (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia rainaliana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia staufferiana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia umbellifera (Sond.) Hutch.
* Neocussonia vantsilana (Baker) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
* Neocussonia weibeliana (Bernardi) Lowry, G.M.Plunkett, Gostel & Frodin
