Pachypodium baronii
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Pachypodium baronii is a plant type from the genus Pachypodium in the family of Hundsgiftgewächse (Apocynaceae).
description
Pachypodium baronii is a perennial plant . Their broad, bottle-shaped trunk is 0.5 to 2 m high and has gray-green, strong, emerging branches. The paired spines are broadly conical and 6 to 8 mm long. The leaves are elliptical to lanceolate in shape. They become 5 to 15 cm long, 4.5 to 6 cm wide and are hairy on the underside. The petioles are short.
The striking flowers are bright red in color and have a white eye in the center. They are narrowly tubular in shape, measure about 5 cm in diameter and 5.5 cm long.
The small fruits are about 5 cm long and 6 to 8 mm in diameter. They contain pink-brown seeds with a diameter of 6 to 7 mm.
Occurrence
The species is endemic to the north of Madagascar .
Systematics
The species was first described in 1907 by Julien Noël Costantin and Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois .
Two varieties can be distinguished within the species:
- Pachypodium baronii var. Baronii
- Pachypodium baronii var. Windsorii (Poiss.) Pichon : It is also regarded by some authors as a separate species: Pachypodium windsorii Poiss.
literature
- DG Rowley: Pachipodium . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons . Springer Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-540-41966-2 , pp. 12-13.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Pachypodium - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on November 2, 2017.
- ↑ Annales des sciences naturelles. Botanique. Series 9, Volume 6, p. 162, 1907 online at biodiversitylibrary.org, accessed October 1, 2018.
