Peplonia

Peplonia
Peplonia bradeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Genus:	Peplonia Decne.
Type species
Peplonia nitida Decne.

Peplonia is a species of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.^[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.^[3]

Species^[4]

1. Peplonia asteria (Vell.) Fontella & E.A. Schwarz - Brazil
2. Peplonia axillaris (Vell.) Fontella & Rapini - Brazil
3. Peplonia bradeana (Fontella & E.A. Schwarz) Fontella & Rapini - Espírito Santo
4. Peplonia hatschbachii (Fontella & de Lamare) Fontella & Rapini - Paraná
5. Peplonia hilariana E.Fourn. - Brazil
6. Peplonia nitida Decne. - Brazil
7. Peplonia organensis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & Rapini - Brazil
8. Peplonia riedelii (E.Fourn.) Fontella & Rapini - Rio de Janeiro

formerly included^[4]

moved to Blepharodon

• Peplonia amazonica Benth., synonym of Blepharodon amazonicum (Benth.) Fontella & Marquete

References

1. Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Decaisne, Joseph Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 545-546 in Latin
2. Tropicos, genus Peplonia
3. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
4. The Plant List, genus Pentasachme