Pachycaul
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Pachycauls are plants with a disproportionately thick trunk for their height, and few branches.[1] The word is derived from the Greek pachy- meaning thick or stout, and Latin caulis meaning the stem.[2]
Examples occur in the genera[3]
- Pachycormus (Anacardiaceae)
- Adenium
- Pachypodium (Apocynaceae)
- Dendrosenecio (Asteraceae)
- Bursera (Burseraceae)
- Cyanea
- Lobelia (Campanulaceae)
- Dendrosicyos (Cucurbitaceae)
- Givotia (Euphorbiaceae)
- Delonix (Fabaceae)
- Fouquieria (Fouquieriaceae)
- Adansonia
- Bombax
- Brachychiton
- Cavanillesia
- Ceiba (Malvaceae)
- Dorstenia (Moraceae)
- Cyphostemma (Vitaceae).
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