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''Myriopteron'' is a species of plants in the family
Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
first described as a genus in 1844. It contains only one known species, ''Myriopteron extensum'', native to
Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
,
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
, and southern
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
.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.
/ref> It can be found in Bangladesh.


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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15972294, from2=Q15249611 Periplocoideae Flora of China Flora of tropical Asia Monotypic Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by William Griffith (botanist)