Belonites

Pachypodium
The pachycaul trunk of Pachypodium lamerei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pachypodium Lindl.
Species
Pachypodium ambongense Pachypodium baronii Pachypodium bicolor Pachypodium bispinosum Pachypodium brevicaule Pachypodium cactipes Pachypodium decaryi Pachypodium densiflorum Pachypodium eburneum Pachypodium geayi Pachypodium gracilius Pachypodium horombense Pachypodium inopinatum Pachypodium lamerei Pachypodium lealii Pachypodium makayense Pachypodium meridionale Pachypodium menabeum Pachypodium namaquanum Pachypodium rosulatum Pachypodium rutenbergianum Pachypodium saundersii Pachypodium sofiense Pachypodium succulentum Pachypodium windsorii
Synonyms
Belonites E.Mey.

Pachypodium ambongense
Pachypodium baronii
Pachypodium bicolor
Pachypodium bispinosum
Pachypodium brevicaule
Pachypodium cactipes
Pachypodium decaryi
Pachypodium densiflorum
Pachypodium eburneum
Pachypodium geayi
Pachypodium gracilius
Pachypodium horombense
Pachypodium inopinatum
Pachypodium lamerei
Pachypodium lealii
Pachypodium makayense
Pachypodium meridionale
Pachypodium menabeum
Pachypodium namaquanum
Pachypodium rosulatum
Pachypodium rutenbergianum
Pachypodium saundersii
Pachypodium sofiense
Pachypodium succulentum
Pachypodium windsorii

Pachypodium is a genus of succulent spine-bearing trees and shrubs, native to Madagascar and Africa. It belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Pachypodium comes from a Latin form from Greek pachus (thick) and podion (foot) (or Gk podos, root form of pous, foot), hence meaning thick-footed.

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