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Antigonon
Gen. Pl. 4: 310. 1837
Common names: Coralvine Mexican creeper corona de la reina Confederate-vine
Etymology: etymology uncertain perhaps Greek anti- , against, and gony, knee, alluding to angled stems, or Greek anti- , in place of, and genus Polygonum, alluding to affinity
Vines, perennial [annual]; roots tuberous. Stems scandent, tendril-bearing, pubescent or glabrous; tendrils terminal and axillary, branched. Leaves deciduous or persistent, cauline, alternate, petiolate; ocrea usually deciduous, chartaceous; blade broadly ovate to deltate or truncate, margins entire, sometimes undulate. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, often clustered near tips of stems, racemelike, pedunculate. Pedicels present. Flowers bisexual, (1–)2–5 per ocreate fascicle, base stipelike; perianth accrescent in fruit, pink to purple or, rarely, white or yellowish, campanulate, glabrous; tepals 5, connate proximally, petaloid, dimorphic, outer 3 broader than inner 2; stamens (7–)8(–9); filaments connate ca. 1/2 their length, forming staminal tube, adnate to perianth tube, glandular-pubescent; anthers yellow to reddish, ovate to elliptic; styles 3, recurved, distinct; stigmas reniform-capitate. Achenes included in membranous perianth, brown, unwinged, subglobose to bluntly 3-gonous proximally, 3-gonous distally, glabrous or pubescent. Seeds: embryo straight. x = 20.
Distribution
subtropical and tropical, s North America (including Mexico), West Indies, Central America, South America.
Discussion
Species ca. 6 (1 in the flora).
References
None.
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Facts about "Antigonon"
Author | Craig C. Freeman + |
Authority | Endlicher + |
Common name | Coralvine +, Mexican creeper +, corona de la reina + and Confederate-vine + |
Distribution | subtropical and tropical +, s North America (including Mexico) +, West Indies +, Central America + and South America. + |
Etymology | etymology uncertain + and perhaps Greek anti- , against, and gony, knee, alluding to angled stems, or Greek anti- , in place of, and genus Polygonum, alluding to affinity + |
Illustrator | Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey + |
Introduced | true + |
Publication title | Gen. Pl. + |
Publication year | 1837 + |
Reference | None + |
Source xml | https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse grained fna xml/V5/V5 1004.xml + |
Taxon family | Polygonaceae + |
Taxon name | Antigonon + |
Taxon parent | Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae + |
Taxon rank | genus + |
Volume | Volume 5 + |