{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Vangueria macrocalyx, a, Skeerpoort.jpg |image_caption = ''P. macrocalyx'' (Sond.) Robyns, now a synonym of ''Vangueria macrocalyx'' Sond. |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Pachystigma |authority = Hochst. |type_species = |type_species_authority = }}
'''''Pachystigma''''' was a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae but is no longer recognized. In 2005, it was sunk into synonymy with ''Vangueria'', based on a phylogenetic study of DNA sequences.<ref name=Lantz2005>{{cite journal|author=Lantz H, Bremer B|year=2005|title=Phylogeny of the complex Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) genera ''Fadogia'', ''Rytigynia'', and ''Vangueria'' with close relatives and a new circumscription of ''Vangueria''|journal=Plant Systematics and Evolution|volume=253|issue=1–4|pages=159–183|doi=10.1007/s00606-005-0313-9|s2cid=30867982}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/ World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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Category:Historically recognized Rubiaceae genera Category:Vanguerieae
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