Pachypodium horombense
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Pachypodium horombense is a plant type from the genus Pachypodium in the family of Hundsgiftgewächse (Apocynaceae).
description
Pachypodium horombense is a perennial plant with an upright, branching trunk . The leaves are thick, firm and pale green in color; they are almost completely shed in winter. The flower stalks are erect and up to 60 cm long.
The flowers are bright yellow in color, the corolla tube is composed of five petals, broadly cup-shaped and measures 17 to 23 mm in diameter. The fruits are 14 cm long and 7 mm in diameter.
Occurrence
The species is endemic in the central part and in the south of Madagascar .
Systematics
The species was first described in 1924 by Henri Louis Poisson .
A nomenclature synonym is Pachypodium rosulatum var. Horombense (Poiss.) GDRowley .
Natural hybrids are known with Pachypodium densiflorum .
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literature
- DG Rowley: Pachipodium . In: Urs Eggli (Ed.): Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons . Springer Verlag, 2002, ISBN 978-3-540-41966-2 , pp. 13-14.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bulletin de l'Académie Malgache. Volume 6, new series, p. 165, online at biodiversitylibrary.org, accessed on October 3, 2018.
