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Cardiopteris moluccana
Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cardiopteris moluccana, commonly known as blood vine, is a climbing plant in the citronella family Cardiopteridaceae native to areas from the Philippines south to Queensland, Australia. It is a twining vine with a stem diameter up to 12 cm (4.7 in). The outer bark has deep, longitudinal corky ridges and the leaves are usually hastate.[4][5] It was first described by Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1847.[6]
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Distribution and habitat
The native range of Cardiopteris moluccana is the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and Queensland.[3] In Australia it occurs on the east coast from around Rossville to about Ingham, and inhabits in rainforest from sea level to about 700 m (2,300 ft).[5][7]
Conservation
This species is listed as "special least concern" under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act, a rating that lies between "least concern" and "near threatened".[1][8] As of 9 December 2024[update], it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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