Cardiopteris

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|synonyms = *Sioja Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl.

• Peripterygium Hassk.

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Cardiopteris is a genus of vines in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1834.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912674#page/234/mode/1up 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[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40001346 Tropicos, Cardiopteris Wall. ex Royle ]

Cardiopteris is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and New Guinea.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=34097 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250084001 Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 358 心翼果 xin yi guo Cardiopteris quinqueloba (Hasskarl) Hasskarl]

;Species

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