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Pachypodium horombense

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Pachypodium horombense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pachypodium
Species: P. horombense
Binomial name
Pachypodium horombense
H.Poisson

Pachypodium horombense is a species of Pachypodium endemic to Madagascar. The plant trunk is pachycaul, and typically short and fat. It produces large, campanulate, yellow flowers.

Synonymy

The species was formally known as:

  • Pachypodium rosulatum var. horombense

It is now considered a species in section Densiflora as the floral morphology is significantly different from related species.

References

  1. "Pachypodium horombense". www.llifle.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
Taxon identifiers
Pachypodium horombense


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