Apocynaceae
Pachypodium

Pachypodium menabeum Leandri

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 141 (1934)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Madagascar. It is a semisucculent tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Madagascar

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lüthy, J.M. (2004). Another look at the Pachypodiums of Madagascar. Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 22: 85-130.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Pachypodium lamerei var. ramosum.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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