Myriopteron

Myriopteron is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844.[2][3] It contains only one known species, Myriopteron extensum , native to Southeast Asia, India, and southern China.[4]

Myriopteron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Periplocoideae
Genus: Myriopteron
Griff.
Species:
M. extensum
Binomial name
Myriopteron extensum
(Wight) K. Schum.
Synonyms[1]
  • Myriopteron paniculatum Griff.
  • Streptocaulon extensum Wight & Arn.
  • Streptocaulon extensum var. paniculatum (Griff.) Kurz
  • Streptocaulon horsfieldii Miq.
  • Myriopteron horsfieldii (Miq.) Hook.f.

References
  1. The Plant List, genus Myriopteron
  2. Griffith, William. 1844. Calcutta Journal of Natural History and Miscellany of the Arts and Sciences in India 4: 385
  3. Tropicos, genus Myriopteron
  4. 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.
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