Taxon: Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.

• the 11 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• chain-of-love   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• Confederate-vine   (Source: F Guat ) – English
  
• coralvine   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  
• Mexican-creeper   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – English
  
• mountain-rose coralvine   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• queen's jewels   (Source: Galasso, pers. comm.) – English
  
• bellísima   (Source: F Guat ) – Spanish
  
• rosensky   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed14; F NAmer)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala [possibly native in w.]

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Burger, W. C., ed. 1971–. Flora costaricensis.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Galasso, G. 2011. Review of Polygonaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm.
• Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Missouri Botanical Garden. W³Tropicos (on-line resource).
• Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Antigonon leptopus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Antigonon leptopus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Antigonon leptopus.

Check other web resources for Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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