PLANTS Profile for Antigonon leptopus (coral vine)

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PLANTS Profile

Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.
coral vine

Symbol:

ANLE4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Polygonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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Photo of Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Germany. Usage Requirements.

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Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

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Synonyms:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

COLE5

Corculum leptopum (Hook. & Arn.) Stuntz

Distribution:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

View 33 genera in Polygonaceae, 3 species in Antigonon

Classification:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Polygonales
Family	Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus	Antigonon Endl. – antigonon
Species	Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. – coral vine

U.S. Weed Information:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

Mexican coral vine
Mexican creeper
confederate vine
coral vine
queen's wreath

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

Introduced Information:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20994.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Related Web Sites:
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

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University of Hawaii Campus Plants: images

Time Generated: 10/08/2008 04:15 AM MDT