Pachycymbium

Pachycymbium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Pachycymbium
L.C. Leach

Pachycymbium is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae, first described in 1978.[1] It is native to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.[2][3]

Species[4]
  1. Pachycymbium abayense (M.G. Gilbert) M.G. Gilbert - Ethiopia
  2. Pachycymbium baldratii (A.C. White & B. Sloane) M.G. Gilbert - Eritea
  3. Pachycymbium carnosum (Stent) L.C. Leach - Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  4. Pachycymbium decaisneanum (Lem.) M.G.Gilbert - Senegal
  5. Pachycymbium keithii (R.A. Dyer) L.C. Leach - Swaziland
  6. Pachycymbium lancasteri Lavranos - Limpopo, Mpumalanga
  7. Pachycymbium meintjesianum (Lavranos) M.G. Gilbert - Arabia
formerly included[4]

Moved to other genera (Angolluma, Orbea)

  1. P. araysianum now Angolluma araysiana
  2. P. baldratii subsp. subterraneum now Angolluma subterranea
  3. P. chrysostephanum now Angolluma chrysostephana
  4. P. circes now Orbea dummeri subsp. circes
  5. P. commutatum now Angolluma commutata
  6. P. deflersianum now Angolluma deflersiana
  7. P. denboefii now Orbea denboefii
  8. P. distinctum now Orbea distincta
  9. P. dummeri now Orbea dummeri
  10. P. eremastrum now Angolluma eremastrum
  11. P. gemugofanum now Angolluma gemugofana
  12. P. huernioides now Angolluma huernioides
  13. P. kochii now Angolluma kochii
  14. P. laikipiense now Angolluma laikipiensis
  15. P. laticorona now Angolluma laticorona
  16. P. lugardii now Angolluma lugardii
  17. P. luntii now Angolluma luntii
  18. P. miscellum now Angolluma miscella
  19. P. rogersii now Angolluma rogersii
  20. P. sacculatum now Angolluma sacculata
  21. P. schweinfurthii now Orbea schweinfurthii
  22. P. sprengeri now Angolluma sprengeri
  23. P. sprengeri subsp. foetidum now Angolluma foetida
  24. P. sprengeri subsp. ogadense now Angolluma ogadensis
  25. P. tubiforme now Angolluma tubiformis
  26. P. ubomboense now Australluma ubomboensis
  27. P. vibratilis now Angolluma vibratilis
  28. P. wilsonii now Angolluma wilsonii
  29. P. wissmannii now Angolluma wissmannii

References

  1. Leach, Leslie Charles. 1978. Excelsa. Taxonomic Series 1: 69
  2. Tropicos
  3. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Plant List, genus Piaranthus