title: Pachycarpus
text: # 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
  