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Peplonia
Sign in to savePeplonia is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. The entire genus is endemic to Brazil.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Collections
- INMA, CEPLAC, UEFS, UFJ, UNICAMP, IAP
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Brazil
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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: Peplonia adnata – Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil Peplonia asteria (Vell.) Fontella & E.A. Schwarz - Brazil Peplonia axillaris (Vell.) Fontella & Rapini - Brazil Peplonia bradeana (Fontella & E.A. Schwarz) Fontella & Rapini - Espírito Santo Peplonia hatschbachii (Fontella & de Lamare) Fontella & Rapini - Paraná Peplonia hilariana E.Fourn. - Brazil Peplonia macrophylla (Malme) U.C.S.Silva & Rapini - Brazil (Bahia to Rio de Janeiro) Peplonia organensis (E.Fourn.) Fontella & Rapini - Brazil Peplonia riedelii (E.Fourn.) Fontella & Rapini - Rio de Janeiro formerly included moved to Blepharodon Peplonia amazonica Benth., synonym of Blepharodon amazonicum (Benth.) Fontella & Marquete
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peplonia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.