Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales
Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Pachycarpus
Species: P. acidostelma – P. appendiculatus – P. asperifolius – P. bisacculatus – P. campanulatus – P. chirindensis – P. concolor – P. coronarius – P. dealbatus – P. decorus – P. distinctus – P. eximius – P. firmus – P. galpinii – P. goetzei – P. grandiflorus – P. grantii – P. lebomboensis – P. linearis – P. lineolatus – P. mackenii – P. macrochilus – P. medusonema – P. natalensis – P. pachyglossus – P. petherickianus – P. plicatus – P. reflectens – P. richardsiae – P. rigidus – P. robustus – P. rostratus – P. scaber – P. schinzianus – P. spurius – P. stelliceps – P. stenoglossus – P. suaveolens – P. vexillaris
Name
Pachycarpus E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 209 (1838)
Type species: Pachycarpus grandiflorus (L.f.) E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 209 (1838)
Homonyms
Pachycarpus Kützing, 1843, nom. illeg. (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta)
References
Meyer, E.H.F. 1838. Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris quas per Octo Anno Collegit Observationibusque Manuscriptis Illustravit Joannes Franciscus Drège. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: 209.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pachycarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 2. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pachycarpus. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 2 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Pachycarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 Sept. 2017.
Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838.[1][2] It is native to Africa.[3]
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
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
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