Cardiopteris

Genus of flowering plants

Cardiopteris
Scientific classification Edit this 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 a genus of vines in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1834.[2][3]

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. ^ a b c 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

External links

  • photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Cambodia, Cardiopteris quinqueloba
Taxon identifiers
Cardiopteris


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