Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antigonon leptopus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antigonon leptopus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Antigonon leptopus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Antigonon leptopus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corculum leptopus
COMMON NAME:
Love-chain, Queen's-jewels, Confederate-vine, Corallita
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Keith Bradley kab_a_leptopus_71364
October Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
Tepals ovate to elliptic, outer three broader than inner two, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_leptopus_71366
October Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
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Keith Bradley kab_a_leptopus_71377
October Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
A climbing vine, unusual in Polygonaceae in having tendrils, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_leptopus_71377b
October Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
Tendrils terminal and axillary, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_a_leptopus_71377c
October Miami-Dade County FL
Krome Bird Refuge
Leaf base usually cordate, margins ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Antigonon leptopus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Antigonon leptopus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Antigonon leptopus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Antigonon leptopus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Corculum leptopus
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Herbaceous vine (base sometimes woody)
Perennial
Habitat: Cultivated and persisting; commonly cultivated, rarely persisting or escaping, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: tropical America
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink to purplish
5 petaloid sepals of two different sizes, united at base, perianth campanulate
Petals absent
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Brown
Achene
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