''Peponidium'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...

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 ...

. The genus is endemic to

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

, 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 Seychelles.

Species

* ''Peponidium alleizettei'' (Dubard & Dop) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium ankaranense'' (Arènes ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium anoveanum'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium arenesianum'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium bakerianum'' (Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Drake) Kainulainen & Razafim. * ''Peponidium blepharodon'' (Arènes ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium boinense'' (Arènes ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium boivinianum'' (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim. * ''Peponidium bosseri'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium buxifolium'' (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium calcaratum'' Homolle ex Arènes * ''Peponidium capuronii'' Cavaco * ''Peponidium carinatum'' (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Kainulainen & Razafim. * ''Peponidium celastroides'' (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) Kainulainen & Razafim. * ''Peponidium crassifolium'' Lantz, Klack. & Razafim. * ''Peponidium cuspidatum'' Arènes * ''Peponidium cystiporon'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium decaryi'' (Homolle ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium densiflorum'' (John Gilbert Baker, 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 & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium humbertii'' Homolle ex Arènes * ''Peponidium ihosyense'' Arènes * ''Peponidium lanceolatifolium'' Cavaco * ''Peponidium latiflorum'' (Homolle ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium madagascariense'' Cavaco * ''Peponidium marojejyense'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium micranthum'' (John Gilbert Baker, Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim. * ''Peponidium occidentale'' Homolle ex Arènes * ''Peponidium orientale'' (Arènes) Cavaco * ''Peponidium ovato-oblongum'' (Karl Moritz Schumann, K.Schum.) Mouly * ''Peponidium pallens'' (Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill.) Arènes * ''Peponidium pallidum'' Arènes * ''Peponidium parvifolium'' Arènes * ''Peponidium perrieri'' Arènes * ''Peponidium pervilleanoides'' Arènes * ''Peponidium pervilleanum'' (Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill.) Homolle ex Arènes * ''Peponidium sahafaryense'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium sakalavense'' Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium subevenium'' (Karl Moritz Schumann, K.Schum.) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium tamatavense'' (Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium tsaratananense'' Arènes * ''Peponidium velutinum'' Arènes * ''Peponidium venulosum'' (Boivin ex Henri Ernest Baillon, Baill.) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer * ''Peponidium viguieri'' (Homolle ex Cavaco) Razafim., Lantz & Birgitta Bremer, B.Bremer

External links

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