Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838.[1][2] It is native to Africa.[3]
| Pachycarpus | |
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| Pachycarpus schinzianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Asclepiadoideae |
| Tribe: | Asclepiadeae |
| Genus: | Pachycarpus E.Mey. |
- Species[4]
- Pachycarpus appendiculatus E.Mey. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus asperifolius Meisn. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus bisacculatus (Oliv.) Goyder - Tanzania
- Pachycarpus campanulatus (Harv.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus concolor E.Mey. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus coronarius E.Mey. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus dealbatus E.Mey. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus decorus N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus distinctus (N.E.Br.) Bullock - SE Africa
- Pachycarpus eximius (Schltr.) Bullock - Rwenzori Mountains in Zaire + Uganda
- Pachycarpus firmus (N.E.Br.) Goyder - Angola
- Pachycarpus galpinii (Schltr.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus gerrardii N.E.Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus goetzei (K.Schum.) Bullock - Tanzania
- Pachycarpus grandiflorus (R.Br.) E.Mey. - South Africa (given as (L.f.) E.Mey in The Plant List, but this is in error; basionym is Xysmalobium grandiflorum R.Br. 1810, not the Mexican species Asclepias grandiflora L.f.)[5][6][7]
- Pachycarpus grantii (Oliv.) Bullock - E Africa
- Pachycarpus inconstans N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus insignis N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus lebomboensis D.M.N. Sm. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Pachycarpus linearis N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus lineolatus (Decne.) Bullock - Angola
- Pachycarpus mackenii N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus macrochilus N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus medusonema Bullock - Cameroon
- Pachycarpus natalensis N.E. Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
- Pachycarpus petherickianus (Oliv.) Goyder - NE Africa
- Pachycarpus plicatus N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus reflectens E. Mey. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus rhinophyllus (K. Schum.) N.E. Br. - E + S Africa
- Pachycarpus rigidus E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus robustus (A. Rich.) Bullock - Ethiopia
- Pachycarpus rostratus N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus scaber (Harv.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus schinzianus (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus schweinfurthii (N.E.Br.) Bullock - C Africa
- Pachycarpus spurius (N.E. Br.) Bullock - Zambia
- Pachycarpus stelliceps N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus stenoglossus N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus suaveolens (Schltr.) Nicholas & Goyder - South Africa
- Pachycarpus transvaalensis (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus validus N.E. Br. - South Africa
- Pachycarpus vexillaris E. Mey. - South Africa
- formerly included
moved to other genera (Asclepias, Gomphocarpus, Xysmalobium)
- P. albens now Asclepias albens
- P. crispus now Asclepias crispa
- P. fulvus now Asclepias fulva
- P. gomphocarpoides now Asclepias gomphocarpoides
- P. graminifolius now Asclepias graminifolia
- P. humilis now Asclepias humilis
- P. ligulatus now Xysmalobium ligulatum
- P. marginatus now Gomphocarpus marginatus
- P. orbicularis now Gomphocarpus orbicularis
- P. viridiflorus now Asclepias fulva
References
edit- ^ Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Pachycarpus Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 209-215. in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, genus Pachycarpus
- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society 1: 39.
- ^ Tropicos Xysmalobium grandiflorum
- ^ Tropicos, Asclepias grandiflora distribution