Cunonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Oxalidales

Familia: Cunoniaceae
Genus: Cunonia
Species: C. alticola – C. aoupiniensis – C. atrorubens – C. austrocaledonica – C. balansae – C. bopopensis – C. bullata – C. capensis – C. cerifera – C. deplanchei – C. dickisonii – C. koghicola – C. lenormandii – C. linearisepala – C. macrophylla – C. montana – C. pseudoverticillata – C. pterophylla – C. pulchella – C. purpurea – C. rotundifolia – C. rupicola – C. schinziana – C. varijuga – C. vieillardii
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2020. Cunonia. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 02. Reference page.

Name

Cunonia L., 1759

Type species: Cunonia capensis L.

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 2: 1013, 1025, 1368.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Cunonia. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cunonia. Published online. Accessed: Jan 02 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cunonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cunonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cunonia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
Afrikaans: Rooielse
English: Butterspoon trees

Cunonia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Cunoniaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution, with 24 species endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific, and one species (Cunonia capensis) in Southern Africa. Leaves are opposite, simple or pinnate with a margin entire to serrate. Interpetiolar stipules are often conspicuous and generally enclose buds to form a spoon-like shape (hence the common name "butterspoon tree" for Cunonia capensis). Flowers are bisexual, white, red (pink to purple), or green, arranged in racemes. The fruit is a capsule opening first around the base then vertically, seeds are winged.[1][2]
List of species

Southern Africa

Cunonia capensis L.[3]

New Caledonia[2]

Cunonia × alticola Guillaumin
Cunonia aoupiniensis Hoogland
Cunonia atrorubens Schltr.
Cunonia austrocaledonica Brongn. ex Guillaumin
Cunonia balansae Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia bopopensis Pillon & H.C. Hopkins
Cunonia bullata Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia cerifera Hoogland
Cunonia deplanchei Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia dickisonii Pillon & H.C. Hopkins
Cunonia × koghicola H.C. Hopkins, J. Bradford & Pillon
Cunonia lenormandii Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia linearisepala (Guillaumin) Bernardi
Cunonia macrophylla Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia montana (Brongn. & Gris) Schltr.
Cunonia pseudoverticillata Guillaumin
Cunonia pterophylla (Brongn. & Gris) Schltr.
Cunonia pulchella Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia purpurea Brongn. & Gris
Cunonia rotundifolia Däniker
Cunonia rupicola Hoogland
Cunonia schinziana Däniker
Cunonia varijuga Hoogland
Cunonia vieillardii Brongn. & Gris

References

Bradford, J.C., Hopkins, H.CF., Barnes, R.W . (2004). Cunoniaceae. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants: Volume VI, Flowering plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales. Springer, Heidelberg. p 91-111.
Hopkins, H.C., Pillon, Y., Hoogland, R.D. (2014). Cunoniaceae : Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, volume 26. Publications scientifiques du Muséum, Paris ; IRD, Marseille, 455 p. (collection Faune et Flore tropicales ; 45) ISBN 978-2-85653-764-0.
Goldblatt, P., & Manning, J. (2000). Cape plants: a conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. National Botanical Institute. p. 420