Myriopteron

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Myriopteron

|parent_authority = Griff.

|species = extensum

|authority = (Wight) K. Schum.

|synonyms = *Myriopteron paniculatum Griff.

  • Streptocaulon extensum Wight & Arn.
  • Streptocaulon extensum var. paniculatum (Griff.) Kurz
  • Streptocaulon horsfieldii Miq.
  • Myriopteron horsfieldii (Miq.) Hook.f.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Myriopteron The Plant List, genus Myriopteron]

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Myriopteron is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.Griffith, William. 1844. Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India 4: 385[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2610791 Tropicos, genus Myriopteron] It contains only one known species, Myriopteron extensum, native to Southeast Asia, India, and southern China.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200018686 Flora of China, Vol. 16 Page 194 翅果藤 chi guo teng Myriopteron extensum (Wight & Arnott) K. Schumann in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 215. 1895. ] It can be found in Bangladesh.

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