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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| Corky stem | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Cardiopteridaceae |
| Genus: | Cardiopteris |
| Species: | C. moluccana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cardiopteris moluccana | |
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Distribution and habitat
editThe 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
editThis 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).
References
edit- ^ a b "Species profile—Cardiopteris moluccana". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Cardiopteris moluccana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Cardiopteris moluccana Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Hewson, H.J. (2022). "Cardiopteris moluccana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ a b F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Cardiopteris moluccana". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Blume, C.L. (1847). Rumphia (in Latin). Leiden: Lugduni Batavorum. p. 207.
- ^ "Search: species: Cardiopteris moluccana | Occurrence records". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Australian Government. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "Status Codes and Descriptions". University of Queensland. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
External links
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- View a map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- View images of this species on Flickriver.com