Apocynaceae
Pachycarpus
Pachycarpus concolor

Pachycarpus concolor subsp. arenicola Goyder

First published in Fl. Pl. Africa 58: 96 (2003)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Mozambique to N. KwaZulu-Natal. It is a perennial or tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Goyder, D. J., Gilbert, M. G. & Venter, H. J. T. (2020). Apocynaceae (part 2). In: M. A. García (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 7(3). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Type
Mozambique, Maputo Elephant Reserve, 2 km W of Ponta Milibangalala, 29.xi.2001, Goyder 5015 (K holotype, LMU).
Distribution
Mozambique.
Ecology
Known only from the seasonally burned coastal dune grasslands between Maputo and the St. Lucia estuary in northern KwaZulu-Natal; 40–50 m.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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