Pachypodium horombense

Pachypodium horombense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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 pachycaule, and typically short and fat. It produces large, campanulate, yellow flowers.

Synonymy

The species was formally known as:

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


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