Pachypodium horombense

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Pachypodium horombense

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pachypodium
Species:	P. horombense
Binomial name
*Pachypodium horombense* H.Poisson

Pachypodium horombense is a species of Pachypodium endemic to Madagascar. The plant trunk is pachycaule, and typically short and fat. It produces large, campanulate, yellow flowers.

Synonymy

The species was formally known as:

Pachypodium rosulatum var. horombense

It is now considered a species in section Densiflora as the floral morphology is significantly different from related species.

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General information	Genus overview Morphology Taxonomy Habitats History

Species	P. ambongense P. baronii P. bicolor P. bispinosum P. brevicaule P. cactipes P. decaryi P. densiflorum P. eburneum P. geayi P. gracilius P. horombense P. inopinatum P. lamerei P. lealii P. makayense P. meridionale P. menabeum P. namaquanum P. rosulatum P. rutenbergianum P. saundersii P. sofiense P. succulentum P. windsorii

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