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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Pachycarpus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae

About 30 species, native to Africa, with 26 species native to southern Africa, occurring in high altitude grasslands.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Pachycarpus appendiculatus

 

Pachycarpus asperifolius

 

Pachycarpus bisacculatus

Recorded from Zimbabwe. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Pachycarpus campanulatus

 

Pachycarpus chirindensis

Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Pachycarpus concolor

See Flora of Zimbabwe.

 

Pachycarpus coronarius

 

Pachycarpus dealbatus

 

Pachycarpus galpinii

 

Pachycarpus grandiflorus

 

Pachycarpus lebomboensis

 

Pachycarpus linearis

 

Pachycarpus lineolatus

 

Pachycarpus mackenii

 

Pachycarpus macrochilus

 

Pachycarpus natalensis

 

Pachycarpus plicatus

 

Pachycarpus reflectens

 

Pachycarpus rigidus

 

Pachycarpus rostratus

 

Pachycarpus scaber

 

Pachycarpus schinzianus

 

Pachycarpus stelliceps

 

Pachycarpus stenoglossus

 

Pachycarpus suaveolens

[= Asclepias macra]

See Nicholas & Goyder (1990).

 

Pachycarpus vexillaris

 

Publications

  • Nicholas, A. & Goyder, D.J. 1990. Notes on African plants. Asclepiadaceae. Corona lobe variation and the generic position of Asclepias macra. Bothalia 20: 87–90.