Pachypodium geayi

Short description: Species of plant

Pachypodium geayi

A Pachypodium in Longwood Gardens

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Gentianales
Family:  | Apocynaceae
Genus:  | Pachypodium
Species:  |

P. geayi

Binomial name
Pachypodium geayi

Costantin & Bois

Pachypodium geayi is a species of Pachypodium that originated from Southwest Madagascar . It has a metallic grey pachycaul trunk and the leaves are thin and grey-green, with a bright pink mid-rib. The plant has white flowers. Pachypodium geayi is one of the largest of the Madagascar species.

## Gallery

* The trunk of Pachypodium geayi

*   * Flower of Pachypodium geayi

## References

1. ↑ Members of the IUCN SSC Madagascar Plant Specialist Group (2015). "Pachypodium geayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T70102635A70145768. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T70102635A70145768.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/70102635/70145768. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

* Rapanarivo SHJV; Lavranos JJ; Leeuwenberg AJM (1999). Pachypodium (Apocynaceae): Taxonomy, Habitats and Cultivation. CRC Press. ISBN 90-5410-485-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=zCQj9BEM_fwC&q=Pachypodium+(Apocynaceae):+Taxonomy,+Habitats+and+Cultivation.

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