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Antigonon leptopus
(Polygonaceae)
Confederate vine, Mexican creeper, Mexican love vine, bride's tears, chain-of-love, coral bells, coral vine, coralita, corallita, hearts on a chain, love-vine, mountain rose, queen's jewels

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Species description or overview

Antigonon leptopus information from PIER
Information on Antigonon leptopus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

GRIN nomenclature info for Antigonon leptopus
Nomenclatural information about Antigonon leptopus is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.

ITIS nomenclature info for Antigonon leptopus
Nomenclatural information about Antigonon leptopus is provided by ITIS.

IPNI nomenclature info for Antigonon leptopus
Nomenclatural information about Antigonon leptopus is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).

Impacts

Antigonon leptopus (Polygonaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Antigonon leptopus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Antigonon leptopus (Polygonaceae) (Mexican creeper)
Links to high-resolution free images of Antigonon leptopus (Polygonaceae) (Mexican creeper) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Antigonon leptopus images from PIER
Images of Antigonon leptopus provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Herbarium specimens

Images of voucher specimens for Antigonon leptopus from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA)
Images of voucher specimens of Antigonon leptopus from the herbarium of Kalaupapa National Historical Park (Molokai, Hawaii, USA) are available online.

Cited as invasive (on a list)

2007 FLEPPC invasive plant list View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council's 2007 List of Invasive Plant Species focus includes adverse effects exotic pest plants have on Florida's biodiversity and plant communities.

Books

A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants
Perry, Frances and Roy Hay. 1982. A field guide to tropical and subtropical plants. Ward Lock Limited, Great Britain. 136 pp. illus. ISBN: 0-442-26859-9. ISSN: (unknown or N/A).

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