Summary description from Wikipedia:

Pachypodium in languages:

Afrikaans

Dikvoete

Chinese

棒錘樹屬

German

Hundsgiftgewächse

Polish

Pachypodium

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Parent Taxon

• Apocynaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Neobracea
• Pachypodium

Child Taxa

• Pachypodium ambongense
• Pachypodium baronii
• Pachypodium bispinosum
• Pachypodium brevicaule
• Pachypodium cactipes
• Pachypodium decaryi
• Pachypodium densiflorum
• Pachypodium eburneum
• Pachypodium geayi
• Pachypodium horombense
• Pachypodium inopinatum
• Pachypodium lamerei
• Pachypodium lealii
• Pachypodium menabeum
• Pachypodium meridionale
• Pachypodium mikea
• Pachypodium namaquanum
• Pachypodium rosulatum
• Pachypodium rutenbergianum
• Pachypodium saundersii
• Pachypodium succulentum
• Pachypodium windsorii

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