Pachycarpus concolor subsp. concolor

Pachycarpus concolor subsp. concolor

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 concolor
Subspecies: Pachycarpus concolor subsp. concolor

Name

Pachycarpus concolor subsp. concolor, autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Gomphocarpus geminiflorus Schltr., Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 31 (1895).
  • Asclepias geminiflora (Schltr.) Schltr., J. Bot. 34: 455 (1896).

Distribution

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

References

• Hassler, M. 2018. Pachycarpus concolor. 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 concolor subsp. concolor 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. 

Vernacular names

English: astral pachycarpus, thick-fruit
isiZulu: ishongwe