Cardiopteris

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Cardiopteris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Cardiopteridaceae
Genus: Cardiopteris
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Synonyms [1]
  • SiojaBuch.-Ham. ex Lindl.
  • PeripterygiumHassk.

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

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