Peronema

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Peronema canescens Jack.jpg

|image_caption = Illustration of Peronema canescens from Atlas der Baumarten von Java (1914), volume 2, figure 280

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Oldfield, S. |date=2020 |title= Peronema canescens |volume=2020 |page= e.T62019821A62019823 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T62019821A62019823.en |access-date=January 4, 2025}}

|genus = Peronema

|parent_authority = Jack

|species = canescens

|authority = Jack

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

• Peronema heterophyllum Miq.

}}

Peronema is a genus of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1822. It contains only one known species, Peronema canescens, native to Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=150575 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.