Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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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. Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| densiflorum Baker | |
| geayi Constantin & Bois | |
| lamerei Drake | Image |
| rutenbergianum Vatke | |
| saundersii N.E. Br. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pachypodium:
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Flora of Botswana: PachypodiumFlora of Mozambique: Pachypodium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pachypodium
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): PachypodiumFlora Zambesiaca web site: Pachypodium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pachypodium
Wikipedia: Pachypodium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pachypodium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pachypodium
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