Apocynaceae

Pachycarpus E.Mey.

First published in Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 209 (1838)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albers, F. & Meve, U. (eds.) (2002). Illustrated handbook of succulent plants Asclepiadaceae, corr. 2nd printing: 1-318. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg,New York.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • E. Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 209 (1838).
  • Goyder in Fl. Pl. Africa 58: 96–103 (2003).
  • Goyder in Kew Bull. 53: 335–374 (1998);
  • Smith in S. African J. Bot. 54: 399–439 (1988).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Comm Pl. Afr. Austr. 209 (1838)
  • F.P.A. 58: 96–103 (2003)
  • K.B. 53: 335–374 (1998)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0