View source for Antigonon ← Antigonon You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Antigonon |accepted_authority=Endlicher |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. |place=4: 310. 1837 |year=1837 }} |common_names=Coralvine;Mexican creeper;corona de la reina;Confederate-vine |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Antigonon |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Antigonon]]</div></div> |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 |volume=Volume 5 |mention_page=page 216, 218, 479, 480 |treatment_page=page 481 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines,</b> perennial [annual]; roots tuberous. <b>Stems</b> scandent, tendril-bearing, pubescent or glabrous; tendrils terminal and axillary, branched. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous or persistent, cauline, alternate, petiolate; ocrea usually deciduous, chartaceous; blade broadly ovate to deltate or truncate, margins entire, sometimes undulate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and axillary, often clustered near tips of stems, racemelike, pedunculate. <b>Pedicels</b> present. <b>Flowers</b> 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. <b>Achenes</b> included in membranous perianth, brown, unwinged, subglobose to bluntly 3-gonous proximally, 3-gonous distally, glabrous or pubescent. <b>Seeds</b>: embryo straight. <b>x</b> = 20.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=subtropical and tropical;s North America (including Mexico);West Indies;Central America;South America. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 6 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Antigonon |author=Craig C. Freeman |authority=Endlicher |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Polygonaceae |illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey |illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association |distribution=subtropical and tropical;s North America (including Mexico);West Indies;Central America;South America. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Gen. Pl. |publication year=1837 |special status= |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V5/V5_1004.xml |subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae |genus=Antigonon }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Polygonaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Antigonon.