Antigonon leptopus

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Overview

Vine , Climber . Coarse vine from Mexico with showy pink clusters of flowers; in Mexico the tuberous roots (which may weigh 14 lbs .) are eaten. A. leptopus is a smothering vine that invades disturbed areas and forest edges . It produces many seeds, which are spread by water currents and animals that consume the fruit. It has become invasive in some Pacific Islands, and is naturalized in many other Pacific regions. Ornamental

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Family Polygonaceae

Herbs, shrubs , or small trees , sometimes monoecious or dioecious. Stems erect , prostrate , twining , or scandent , often with swollen nodes, striate , grooved , or prickly. Leaves simple , alternate, rarely opposite or whorled , petiolate or subsessile ; stipules often united to a sheath (ocrea) . Inflorescence terminal or axillary , spicate , racemose, paniculate , or capitate. Pedicel occasionally articulate . Flowers small, actinomorphic , bisexual , rarely unisexual . Perianth 3-6-merous, in 1 or 2 series, herbaceous, often enlarged in fruit or inner tepals enlarged, with wings, tubercles , or spines. Stamens usually (3-) 6-9, rarely more; filaments free or united at base ; anthers 2-loculed, opening lengthwise; disk annular (often lobed ) . Ovary superior, 1-loculed; styles 2 or 3, rarely 4, free or connate at lower part. Fruit a trigonous , biconvex , or biconcave achene; seed with straight or curved embryo and copious endosperm.

About 50 genera and 1120 species: worldwide, but primarily N temperate with a few species in tropical regions ; 13 genera (two endemic) and 238 species (65 endemic) in China.[1]

Genus Antigonon

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.

Species ca. 6: introduced ; subtropical and tropical , s North America (including Mexico), West Indies, Central America, South America.[2]

Physical Description

Landscaping

Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . Feed with a general purpose fertilizer . Provide support such as a trellis or arbor . Prune annually to control size.

Habitat

Cultivated and often persisting after abandonment, rarely escaping; 0-600 m [3].

Prefers dry to moist lowland areas and limestone (basic) soils (PIER , 2003).

Biome: Disturbed areas, urban areas

Ecology: A. leptopus is a smothering vine that invades disturbed areas and forest edges , (PIER , 2003).

Biology

Reproduction

Prolific seed producer. Seeds float on water, which helps transport them to new locations. Fruits and seeds are eaten and spread by domestic and wild animals such as birds and pigs, (PIER , 2003).

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High • Water Requirements: Once established needs only occasional water.

Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 12 (>210 days) Low:7 (>60 to 90 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Adenanthera gersenii Scheff.
2. Corallaria parvifolia Rumph.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Bot. Beechey Voy. 308, t. 69. 1838

Name verified on 23-Sep-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jun-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Antigonon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. cinerascens · A. cordatum · A. flavescens (Lovechain) · A. grandiflorum · A. guatemalense (Bellisima Grande) · A. guatimalense · A. insigne · A. leptopus (Mountain-Rose Coralvine) · A. leptopus 'Alba' · A. leptopus 'Album' · A. macrocarpum · A. platypus · A. viride

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Notes

Contributors

• "Antigonon leptopus". in Flora of North America Vol. 5. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 16, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 12 providers.
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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium Darwin Core format
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2647100
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-20994
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13740552
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:693092-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 3650
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 20994
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 693092-1
• MoBot NameID: 26000132
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDPGN01030
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: COLE5
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17110

Footnotes

1. Anjen Li, Bojian Bao, Alisa E. Grabovskaya-Borodina, Suk-pyo Hong, John McNeill, Sergei L. Mosyakin, Hideaki Ohba & Chong-wook Park "Polygonaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 277. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Craig C. Freeman "Antigonon". in Flora of North America Vol. 5. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. "Antigonon leptopus". in Flora of North America Vol. 5. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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