Taxonomy of Pachypodium

The taxonomy of the Pachypodium genus is the study of the species and subspecies in the genus Pachypodium . There are currently 25 recognized species in the genus, of which 17 are shrubs and eight are trees.

Species

Species included in the genus Pachypodium are as follows: ^[1]

• Pachypodium ambongense : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium baronii : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium bicolor : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium bispinosum : [Southern Continental Africa, shrub]
• Pachypodium brevicaule : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium cactipes : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium decaryi : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium densiflorum ; Baker [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium brevicalyx or P. densiflorum var. brevicalyx
• Pachypodium eburneum : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium geayi : [Madagascar, tree]
• Pachypodium gracilius : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium horombense : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium inopinatum : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium lamerei (Madagascar palm): [Madagascar, tree]
• Pachypodium ramosum : A synonym for P. lamere
• Pachypodium lealii (Bottle tree): [Southern Continental Africa, tree]
• Pachypodium makayense : [Madagascar, shrub] ^[2]
• Pachypodium menabeum : [Madagascar, tree] ^[3]
• Pachypodium meridionale : [Madagascar, tree]
• Pachypodium namaquanum (Coba's tree): [Southern Continental Africa, tree]
• Pachypodium rosulatum : [Madagascar, shrub]
• Pachypodium rutenbergianum : [Madagascar, tree]
• Pachypodium saundersii : [Southern Continental Africa, shrub]
• Pachypodium sofiense : [Madagascar, tree]
• Pachypodium succulentum : [Southern Continental Africa, Shrub]
• Pachypodium windsorii : [Madagascar, Shrub]

References

1. Rapanarivo et al., 1999; Lavranos, 2004; Mays, Harry, 2005
2. Lavranos, John, J. "Pachypodium makayense: A New Species From Madagascar". Cactus and Succulent Journal. 76 (2): 85–88.
3. Mays, Harry. [European Union Honorary Representative] The Huntington Botannical Gardens' 2005 offering of International Succulent Introductions for the European Union. (Woodsleig, Moss Lane, St. Michaels on Wyre, Preston, PR3 0TY, UK: 2005)

• "Index of Botanist". Harvard University Herbaria Online. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17.
• Rapanarivo, S.H.J.V., Lavranos, J.J., Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., and Röösli, W. Pachypodium (Apocynaceae): Taxonomy, habitats and cultivation "Taxonomic revision of the genus Pachyypodium," S.H.J.V. Rapanarivo and J.J. Lavranos; "The habitats of Pachyppodium species" S.H.J.V. Rapanarivo; "Cultivation" W. Röösli. (A.A. Balkema: Rotterdam, Brokkfield, 1999) [The rest of the list is based on Rapanarivo et al.]