6681.000 Pachypodium
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees with succulent stems and milky latex, bearing ternate spines at each node. Leaves alternate or spiral. Inflorescence of terminal cymes; flowers showy, pink, purple, yellow or partly white. Corolla lobes overlapping to the right. Anthers with only a short terminal appendage. Fruit of 2 carpels. Seeds with an apical coma. Worldwide: 13 species, mostly Madagascan, and Southern Africa. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| saundersii N.E. Br. | MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pachypodium:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: PachypodiumFlora of Zimbabwe: Pachypodium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pachypodium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PachypodiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pachypodium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pachypodium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pachypodium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pachypodium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pachypodium
JSTOR Plant Science: Pachypodium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pachypodium
Plants of the World Online: Pachypodium
Tropicos: Pachypodium
Wikipedia: Pachypodium