Apocynaceae
Pachypodium

Pachypodium lealii Welw.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 45 (1869)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Angola to NW. & N. Central Namibia. It is a caudex shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Namibia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bruyns, P.V. (2014). The Apocynaceae of Namibia. Strelitzia 34: 1-158. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Kew Species Profiles

  • CITES (March, 2009).
  • Court, D. (2000). Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Curtis, B.A. and Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree atlas of Namibia. National Botanical Research Institute of Namibia, Windhoek.
  • PlantZAfrica.com (March, 2009), Pachypodium lealii.
  • Rapanarivo, S.H.J.V., Lavranos, J.J., Leeuwneberg, A.J.M. & Röösli, W. (1999). Pachypodium (Apocynaceae). Taxonomy, Habitats and Cultivation. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
  • Van Wyk, B. and Van Wyk, P. (1997) Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 19, 2008 Curtis, B.; Crawford, F. [05] Namibia K000450293 No
Jan 1, 1997 Welwitsch [1510] Angola K000234115 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Baum, H. [21] Angola K000234114 Unknown Type Material Yes
Berger, J. Namibia Pachypodium giganteum K:SPC-15274.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
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