Taxonomy of Pachypodium

The taxonomy of the Pachypodium genus is the study of the species and subspecies in the genus Pachypodium. There are currently 25 recognized species in the genus, of which 17 are shrubs and eight are trees.

Species included in the genus Pachypodium are as follows:

1. P. ambongense: [Madagascar, shrub]
2. P. baronii: [Madagascar, shrub]
3. P. bicolor: [Madagascar, shrub]
4. P. bispinosum: [Southern Continental Africa, shrub]
5. P. brevicaule: [Madagascar, shrub]
6. P. cactipes: [Madagascar, shrub]
7. P. decaryi: [Madagascar, shrub]
8. P. densiflorum; Baker [Madagascar, shrub]
9. P. brevicalyx or P. densiflorum var. brevicalyx
10. P. eburneum: [Madagascar, shrub]
11. P. geayi: [Madagascar, tree]
12. P. gracilius: [Madagascar, shrub]
13. P. horombense: [Madagascar, shrub]
14. P. inopinatum: [Madagascar, shrub]
15. P. lamerei (Madagascar palm): [Madagascar, tree]
16. P. ramosum: A synonym for P. lamere
17. P. lealii (Bottle tree): [Southern Continental Africa, tree]
18. P. makayense: [Madagascar, shrub]
19. P. menabeum: [Madagascar, tree]
20. P. meridionale: [Madagascar, tree]
21. P. namaquanum (Cobas tree): [Southern Continental Africa, tree]
22. P. rosulatum: [Madagascar, shrub]
23. P. rutenbergianum: [Madagascar, tree]
24. P. saundersii: [Southern Continental Africa, shrub]
25. P. sofiense: [Madagascar, tree]
26. P. succulentum: [Southern Continental Africa, Shrub]
27. P. windsorii: [Madagascar, Shrub]