Cunonia capensis (Red alder)

 

The Lovely Plants:

Cunonia Capensis: The Red Alder of South Africa

 

Knysna Woodworkers (South Africa):

Red Alder – Cunonia capensis

 

Sun Trees (South Africa):

Cunonia capensis – Butterspoon tree – Red Alder – […]

 

PlantZAfrica (South African National Biodiversity Insitute):

Cunonia capensis L.

Family: CUNONIACEAE

Common Names: Butterspoon Tree (English); Rooiels (Afrikaans); umLulama (Zulu)

 

Exotic Plants (Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg):

Cunonia capensis, called butterspoon tree, is a tree with a pair of stipules which enclose the growth tip.

 

Awa Nursery (New Zealand):

 

Leafland (New Zealand):

Cunonia capensis – (Butterknife Tree)

 

Tom’s Garden (California):

Cunonia capensis (Butterknife Tree)

 

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Hortipedia – GartenInfoPortal (Homburg, Saarland):

Cunonia capensis, umgangssprachlich Kap-Löffelbaum, ist ein Strauch.

 

Botanischer Garten, Universität Osnabrück:

Art:

Cunonia capensis L.

Deutscher Name:

 

botanikfoto.com (Berlin):

Kap-Löffelbaum (Cunonia capensis)

 

Other English names (not proposed):

 

Andere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):

die Kap-Cunonie

 

Taxonomic citation:

• Cunonia capensis Linnaeus, Systema Naturae (ed. 10) 2: 1025. 1759.

 

Other scientific synonyms (not proposed):

• Oosterdyckia capensis (L.) Crantz (1766)

 

The name of the genus honors Johann Christian Cuno (1708–1783), German merchant, writer, & poet, who grew exotic plants in his botanical garden near Amsterdam.  (So named by Carl von Linnaeus, Systema Naturae (ed. 10) 2: 1013. 1759.)  See:

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1876), Artikel über Cuno, Johann Christian

English Wikipedia article on Johann Christian Cuno

 

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