Pachypodium horombense
Pachypodium horombense | |
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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:
- Pachypodium rosulatum var. horombense
It is now considered a species in section Densiflora as the floral morphology is significantly different from related species.
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