Peplidium

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

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|image = Peplidium foecundum IMG 20200612 093452.jpg

|image_caption = Peplidium foecundum

|taxon = Peplidium

|authority = Delile

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Peplidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Phrymaceae.{{cite web |title=Peplidium Delile {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:37910-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=19 May 2021 |language=en}} Its native range is Egypt to Sinai, Indian subcontinent, and Australia.

The genus was first described by Alire Raffeneau Delile in 1813.{{APNI2|name=Peplidium|id=70926|access-date=2021-07-12}}{{cite journal|author=Delile, A.R. |date=1813|title= Peplidium|journal=

Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française.|volume=2|pages=50, 148|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41510265}}

File:Description de l'Égypte (Pl. 4) (9301599160)Peplidium humifusum.jpg as Peplidium humifusum{{cite web|author=Delile, A.R.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15953752|title=Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française|pages=Pl. 4|date=1813}}]]