Pachypodium densiflorum

Species of flowering plant

Pachypodium densiflorum

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

P. densiflorum

Binomial name
Pachypodium densiflorum

Baker

Synonyms

Pachypodium brevicalyx (H.Perrier) Pichon

A young Pachypodium densiflorum.

Pachypodium densiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the Apocynaceae family.[1] It is native to Madagascar. In habitat, it grows on granite rocks in the central plateau of Madagascar.

## Description

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Pachypodium densiflorum grows from a sizeable, fleshy basal caudex. Shoots growing from the caudex are regularly branched and spiny at the youngest parts. Leaves appear at the top of these shoots during vegetation periods and are lanceolate and deep green. The flowers are yellow and appear on long peduncles.

## References

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1. ^ "Pachypodium densiflorum Baker". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

* The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte

Taxon identifiers

Pachypodium densiflorum|

* Wikidata: Q1252716
* Wikispecies: Pachypodium densiflorum
* APDB: 210881
* CoL: 6THLZ
* EoL: 6853123
* GBIF: 5535493
* GRIN: 26280
* iNaturalist: 367963
* IPNI: 80697-1
* ITIS: 893919
* NCBI: 1055843
* Open Tree of Life: 590433
* PalDat: Pachypodium_densiflorum
* Plant List: kew-145223
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:80697-1
* Species+: 17269
* Tropicos: 1803747
* WFO: wfo-0000262057