title: Neocussonia
text: # 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
  