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Pachypodium horombense is a species of Pachypodium endemic to Madagascar. The plant trunk is pachycaul, and typically short and fat. It produces large, campanulate, yellow flowers.

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Pachypodium horombense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Pachypodium
Species:	P. horombense
Binomial name
Pachypodium horombense H.Poisson

Synonymy

The species was formally known as:

• Pachypodium rosulatum var. horombense

It is now considered a species in section Densiflora as the floral morphology is significantly different from related species.

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