Pachycarpus

 ( Apocynaceae Genera ) 

Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. Meyer, Ernst Heinrich Friedrich. 1838. Pachycarpus Commentariorum de Plantis Africae Australioris 209-215. in Latin Tropicos, genus Pachycarpus It is native to Africa.Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).

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