Peplonia is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.[4]

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
Synonyms[1]
  • Gonioanthela Malme (1927)
  • Macroditassa Malme (1927)

Species

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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[5]

moved to Blepharodon

References

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