Peplonia Explained

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

Species

Nine species are accepted:

1. Peplonia adnata – 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^[4] moved to Blepharodon

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/163501#page/553/mode/1up Decaisne, Joseph. 1844. Decaisne, Joseph Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 545-546
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40004217 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. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pentasachme The Plant List, genus Pentasachme