Pachycarpus asperifolius

Pachycarpus asperifolius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gentianales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Asclepiadeae
Subtribus: Asclepiadinae
Genus: Pachycarpus
Species: Pachycarpus asperifolius

Name

Pachycarpus asperifolius Meisn., 1843

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gomphocarpus asperifolius (Meisn.) Walp., London J. Bot. 2: 443 (1843).
• Heterotypic
  • Gomphocarpus validus Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 23 (1894).
  • Asclepias valida (Schltr.) Schltr., J. Bot. 34: 455 (1896).
  • Pachycarpus validus (Schltr.) N.E.Br. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 377 (1902).
  • Pachycarpus inconstans N.E.Br. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(1): 722 (1908).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces (E-Cape), KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga), Swaziland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Meisner, C.D.F. 1843. London J. Bot. 2: 544

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Pachycarpus asperifolius. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Pachycarpus asperifolius in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Pachycarpus asperifolius. Published online. Accessed: Sep 30 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Pachycarpus asperifolius in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 30.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Pachycarpus asperifolius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Sep 2018.

Vernacular names

English: large red milkwort, christmas-tree pachycarpus
isiZulu: ishongwe elibomvu, ishongwe elincane

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