Cardiopteris

Cardiopteris is a genus of vines in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1834.[2][3]

Cardiopteris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Cardiopteridaceae
Genus: Cardiopteris
Benth.
Synonyms[1]
  • Sioja Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.
  • Peripterygium Hassk.

Cardiopteris is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and New Guinea.[1][4]

Species[1]
  1. Cardiopteris moluccana Blume - Philippines, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
  2. Cardiopteris quinqueloba (Hassk.) Hassk. - Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Wallich, Nathaniel, in Royle, John Forbes. 1834. Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains and of the flora of Cashmere in English
  3. Tropicos, Cardiopteris Wall. ex Royle
  4. Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 358 心翼果 xin yi guo Cardiopteris quinqueloba (Hasskarl) Hasskarl


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