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Genus of flowering plants

Peplonia
Peplonia bradeana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Asclepiadeae
Genus: Peplonia
Decne. (1844)
Type species
Peplonia nitida
Decne.
Synonyms
  • Gonioanthela Malme (1927)
  • Macroditassa Malme (1927)

Peplonia is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.

Species

Nine species are accepted:

  1. Peplonia adnata (E.Fourn.) U.C.S.Silva & Rapini – Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil
  2. Peplonia asteria (Vell.) Fontella & E.A. Schwarz - Brazil
  3. Peplonia axillaris (Vell.) Fontella & Rapini - Brazil
  4. Peplonia bradeana (Fontella & E.A. Schwarz) Fontella & Rapini - Espírito Santo
  5. Peplonia hatschbachii (Fontella & de Lamare) Fontella & Rapini - Paraná
  6. Peplonia hilariana E.Fourn. - Brazil
  7. Peplonia macrophylla (Malme) U.C.S.Silva & Rapini - Brazil (Bahia to Rio de Janeiro)
  8. Peplonia organensis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & Rapini - Brazil
  9. Peplonia riedelii (E.Fourn.) Fontella & Rapini - Rio de Janeiro
formerly included

moved to Blepharodon

References

  1. Peplonia Decne. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Decaisne, Joseph Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 545-546 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, genus Peplonia
  4. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  5. The Plant List, genus Pentasachme
Taxon identifiers
Peplonia
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