Pachycarpus

Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. It is native to Africa.

• # Pachycarpus appendiculatus E.Mey. - South Africa
 * Species

• # Pachycarpus asperifolius Meisn. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus bisacculatus (Oliv.) Goyder - Tanzania

• # Pachycarpus campanulatus (Harv.) N.E.Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus concolor E.Mey. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus coronarius E.Mey. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus dealbatus E.Mey. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus decorus N.E.Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus distinctus (N.E.Br.) Bullock - SE Africa

• # Pachycarpus eximius (Schltr.) Bullock - Rwenzori Mountains in Zaire + Uganda

• # Pachycarpus firmus (N.E.Br.) Goyder - Angola

• # Pachycarpus galpinii (Schltr.) N.E.Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus gerrardii N.E.Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus goetzei (K.Schum.) Bullock - Tanzania

• # Pachycarpus grandiflorus (R.Br.) E.Mey. - South Africa (given as (L.f.) E.Mey in The Plant List, but this is in error; basionym is Xysmalobium grandiflorum R.Br. 1810, not the Mexican species Asclepias grandiflora L.f.)

• # Pachycarpus grantii (Oliv.) Bullock - E Africa

• # Pachycarpus inconstans N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus insignis N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus lebomboensis D.M.N. Sm. - KwaZulu-Natal

• # Pachycarpus linearis N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus lineolatus (Decne.) Bullock - Angola

• # Pachycarpus mackenii N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus macrochilus N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus medusonema Bullock - Cameroon

• # Pachycarpus natalensis N.E. Br. - KwaZulu-Natal

• # Pachycarpus petherickianus (Oliv.) Goyder - NE Africa

• # Pachycarpus plicatus N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus reflectens E. Mey. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus rhinophyllus (K. Schum.) N.E. Br. - E + S Africa

• # Pachycarpus rigidus E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus robustus (A. Rich.) Bullock - Ethiopia

• # Pachycarpus rostratus N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus scaber (Harv.) N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus schinzianus (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus schweinfurthii (N.E.Br.) Bullock - C Africa

• # Pachycarpus spurius (N.E. Br.) Bullock - Zambia

• # Pachycarpus stelliceps N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus stenoglossus N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus suaveolens (Schltr.) Nicholas & Goyder - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus transvaalensis (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus validus N.E. Br. - South Africa

• # Pachycarpus vexillaris E. Mey. - South Africa

moved to other genera (Asclepias, Gomphocarpus, Xysmalobium) • # P. albens now Asclepias albens
 * formerly included

• # P. crispus now Asclepias crispa

• # P. fulvus now Asclepias fulva

• # P. gomphocarpoides now Asclepias gomphocarpoides

• # P. graminifolius now Asclepias graminifolia

• # P. humilis now Asclepias humilis

• # P. ligulatus now Xysmalobium ligulatum

• # P. marginatus now Gomphocarpus marginatus

• # P. orbicularis now Gomphocarpus orbicularis

• # P. viridiflorus now Asclepias fulva