''Peponidium'' is a

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s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...

. The genus is endemic to

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, except for '' Peponidium ovato-oblongum'' and '' Peponidium venulosum'' that are found on the Comoros, and '' Peponidium carinatum'' and '' Peponidium celastroides'' that are found on the

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Species

* '' Peponidium alleizettei'' (Dubard & Dop) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium ankaranense'' (Arènes ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * ''

Peponidium anoveanum ''Peponidium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar, except for '' Peponidium ovato-oblongum'' and '' Peponidium venulosum'' that are found on the Comoros, and '' Peponidium carinatum'' and ' ...

'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium arenesianum'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium bakerianum'' (

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) Kainulainen & Razafim. * '' Peponidium blepharodon'' (Arènes ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium boinense'' (Arènes ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium boivinianum'' ( Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim. * '' Peponidium bosseri'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium buxifolium'' ( Baker) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium calcaratum'' Homolle ex Arènes * '' Peponidium capuronii'' Cavaco * '' Peponidium carinatum'' ( Baker) Kainulainen & Razafim. * '' Peponidium celastroides'' ( Baker) Kainulainen & Razafim. * '' Peponidium crassifolium'' Lantz, Klack. & Razafim. * '' Peponidium cuspidatum'' Arènes * '' Peponidium cystiporon'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * ''

Peponidium decaryi ''Peponidium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar, except for '' Peponidium ovato-oblongum'' and '' Peponidium venulosum'' that are found on the Comoros, and '' Peponidium carinatum'' and ' ...

'' (Homolle ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * ''

Peponidium densiflorum ''Peponidium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is endemic to Madagascar, except for '' Peponidium ovato-oblongum'' and '' Peponidium venulosum'' that are found on the Comoros, and '' Peponidium carinatum'' and ' ...

'' ( Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim. * '' Peponidium flavum'' Homolle ex Arènes * '' Peponidium homolleae'' Arènes * '' Peponidium homolleanum'' (Cavaco) Kainulainen & Razafim. * '' Peponidium horridum'' Arènes * '' Peponidium humbertianum'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium humbertii'' Homolle ex Arènes * '' Peponidium ihosyense'' Arènes * '' Peponidium lanceolatifolium'' Cavaco * '' Peponidium latiflorum'' (Homolle ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium madagascariense'' Cavaco * '' Peponidium marojejyense'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium micranthum'' ( Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim. * '' Peponidium occidentale'' Homolle ex Arènes * '' Peponidium orientale'' (Arènes) Cavaco * '' Peponidium ovato-oblongum'' (

K.Schum. Karl Moritz Schumann (17 June 1851 – 22 March 1904) was a German botanist. Schumann was born in Görlitz. He was curator of the Botanisches Museum in Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894. He also served as the first chairman of the ''Deut ...

) Mouly * '' Peponidium pallens'' (

Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...

) Arènes * '' Peponidium pallidum'' Arènes * '' Peponidium parvifolium'' Arènes * '' Peponidium perrieri'' Arènes * '' Peponidium pervilleanoides'' Arènes * '' Peponidium pervilleanum'' (

) Homolle ex Arènes * '' Peponidium sahafaryense'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium sakalavense'' Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium subevenium'' (

) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium tamatavense'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium tsaratananense'' Arènes * '' Peponidium velutinum'' Arènes * '' Peponidium venulosum'' (Boivin ex

) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer * '' Peponidium viguieri'' (Homolle ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & B.Bremer

External links

World Checklist of Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae genera Vanguerieae Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon {{Ixoroideae-stub