Pachycarpus
# Pachycarpus

Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. It is native to Africa.

## Species

* Pachycarpus appendiculatus E.Mey. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus asperifolius Meisn. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus bisacculatus (Oliv.) Goyder - Tanzania
* Pachycarpus campanulatus (Harv.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus concolor E.Mey. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus coronarius E.Mey. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus dealbatus E.Mey. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus decorus N.E.Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus distinctus (N.E.Br.) Bullock - SE Africa
* Pachycarpus eximius (Schltr.) Bullock - Rwenzori Mountains in Zaire + Uganda
* Pachycarpus firmus (N.E.Br.) Goyder - Angola
* Pachycarpus galpinii (Schltr.) N.E.Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus gerrardii N.E.Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus goetzei (K.Schum.) Bullock - Tanzania
* Pachycarpus grandiflorus (R.Br.) E.Mey. - South Africa (given as (L.f.) E.Mey in The Plant List, but this is in error; basionym is Xysmalobium grandiflorum R.Br. 1810, not the Mexican species Asclepias grandiflora L.f.)
* Pachycarpus grantii (Oliv.) Bullock - E Africa
* Pachycarpus inconstans N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus insignis N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus lebomboensis D.M.N. Sm. - KwaZulu-Natal
* Pachycarpus linearis N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus lineolatus (Decne.) Bullock - Angola
* Pachycarpus mackenii N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus macrochilus N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus medusonema Bullock - Cameroon
* Pachycarpus natalensis N.E. Br. - KwaZulu-Natal
* Pachycarpus petherickianus (Oliv.) Goyder - NE Africa
* Pachycarpus plicatus N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus reflectens E. Mey. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus rhinophyllus (K. Schum.) N.E. Br. - E + S Africa
* Pachycarpus rigidus E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus robustus (A. Rich.) Bullock - Ethiopia
* Pachycarpus rostratus N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus scaber (Harv.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus schinzianus (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus schweinfurthii (N.E.Br.) Bullock - C Africa
* Pachycarpus spurius (N.E. Br.) Bullock - Zambia
* Pachycarpus stelliceps N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus stenoglossus N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus suaveolens (Schltr.) Nicholas & Goyder - South Africa
* Pachycarpus transvaalensis (Schltr.) N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus validus N.E. Br. - South Africa
* Pachycarpus vexillaris E. Mey. - South Africa

## formerly included

moved to other genera (Asclepias, Gomphocarpus, Xysmalobium)

* P. albens now Asclepias albens
* P. crispus now Asclepias crispa
* P. fulvus now Asclepias fulva
* P. gomphocarpoides now Asclepias gomphocarpoides
* P. graminifolius now Asclepias graminifolia
* P. humilis now Asclepias humilis
* P. ligulatus now Xysmalobium ligulatum
* P. marginatus now Gomphocarpus marginatus
* P. orbicularis now Gomphocarpus orbicularis
* P. viridiflorus now Asclepias fulva
