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Accession Data:

Pachypodium namaquanum (Wyley ex Harv.) Welw.

  • Common Name: Halfmens
  • Family: Apocynaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: northwestern South Africa and southern Namibia
  • Habitat: Arid succulent karoo, on rocky hills and ridges

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600196
  • Source: Ken Mosher via Matt Opel
  • Accession Date: 12-14-2016
  • Bench: 2203 - XER:Spiny Thicket/Socotra/S Africa
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-18-2017
  • Restrictions:
    • Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • SubFamily: Apocynoideae
  • Tribe: Malouetieae
  • SubTribe:

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data regenerated on Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:49:09 -0400

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  • Pachypodium horombense
  • Pachypodium lamerei
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  • Pachypodium rosulatum
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  • Adenium obesum
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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

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Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
Tribe Asclepiadeae

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  • Asclepiadinae: Gomphocarpus physocarpus
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum grandidieri W/C
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum marnierianum
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum pachycladon
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum sp.
  • Cynanchinae: Cynanchum verrucosum

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  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia ampliata
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia cimiciodora
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia stapeliiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Ceropegia woodii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia plowesii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia procumbens
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia thuretii var. thuretii
  • Stapeliinae: Huernia zebrina
  • Stapeliinae: Larryleachia cactiformis
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia flavopurpurea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia gigantea
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelia grandiflora
  • Stapeliinae: Stapelianthus madagascariensis

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  • Dischidia albiflora
  • Dischidia bengalensis
  • Dischidia litoralis
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia major
  • Dischidia ovata
  • Dischidia platyphylla
  • Dischidia ruscifolia
  • Hoya australis ssp. australis
  • Hoya carnosa
  • Hoya curtisii
  • Hoya imbricata
  • Hoya imbricata
  • Hoya imbricata var. basiorotunda
  • Hoya macgillivrayi
  • Marsdenia floribunda

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Tribe Periploceae

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Tribe Alyxieae

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Tribe Carisseae

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Tribe Plumerieae

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  • Allamanda schottii
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Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

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  • Tabernaemontana elegans

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Tribe Vinceae

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W/C = Wild Collected
- indicates flowering in past 10 days
- images available for this accession
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