''Cardiopteris'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
vine
A vine ( Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners thems ...
s in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Cardiopteridaceae
Cardiopteridaceae is a eudicot family of flowering plants. It consists of about 43 species of trees, shrubs, and woody vines, mostly of the tropics, but with a few in temperate regions.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Ala ...
described as a genus in 1834.
''Cardiopteris'' is native to
Southeast Asia
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, the
Himalayas
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, and
New Guinea
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.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 358 心翼果 xin yi guo ''Cardiopteris quinqueloba'' (Hasskarl) Hasskarl
/ref>
;Species[
# '' Cardiopteris moluccana'' Blume - Philippines, Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago
# '' Cardiopteris quinqueloba'' (Hassk.) Hassk. - Yunnan, Assam, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia
]
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Cambodia, ''Cardiopteris quinqueloba''
Cardiopteridaceae
Asterid genera
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