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Antigonon
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Climbers. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire with cordate to hastate base. Inflorescence of racemes which terminate in a tendril. Perianth of 5 brightly coloured segments; outer 2 or 3 cordate or ovate, inner oblong. Stamens 8. Styles 3. Fruit a 3-angled achene, loosely surrounded by the enlarged papery perianth.
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Antigonon
Bejucos herbáceos o leñosos, que trepan mediante los ejes de las inflorescencias modificados en zarcillos. Hojas alternas, simples, enteras; pecíolos alargados; estípulas connatas alrededor del tallo para formar un estructura tubular conocida como ócrea. Flores bisexuales, actinomorfas, producidas en fascículos ocreados a lo largo de racimos o panículas axilares o terminales; perianto de 5 tépalos pétaloides, libres; estambres 8, los filamentos connatos en la base formando un tubo, las anteras dehiscentes longitudinalmente; ovario súpero, trilocular, unilocular, con un solo óvulo, los estilos 3, libres, los estigmas peltados. Fruto un aquenio con una sola semilla, cubierto por los tépalos acrescentes. Género neotropical con 8 especies.
Antigonon
Herbaceous or woody vines, that climb by means of the axes of the inflorescences, modified into tendrils. Leaves alternate, simple, entire; petioles elongate; stipules connate around the stem to form a tubular structure known as an ocrea. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic, produced in ocreate fascicles along axillary or terminal racemes or panicles; perianth of 5 free petaloid tepals; stamens 8, the filaments connate at the base, the anthers dehiscent longitudinally; ovary superior, unilocular, with a single ovule, the styles 3, free, the stigmas peltate. Fruit an achene with a single seed, covered by the accrescent tepals. A neotropical genus of 8 species.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:13
Specimens with Sequences:18
Specimens with Barcodes:18
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:7
Public Species:2
Public BINs:0
Antigonon is a genus of flowering plants in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. It contains three species[2] native to the Americas.[3]
They are vines producing branching stems with tendrils from a tuberous root system. The leaves are alternately arranged. Flowers are borne in raceme-like clusters, often toward the ends of the stems. The bell-shaped flowers have five tepals usually in shades of pink or purplish, and sometimes yellowish or white. The stamens are joined at the bases, forming a tube.[3]
- Antigonon flavescens S.Watson – lovechain
- Antigonon guatimalense Meisn.
- Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. – confederate vine, Mexican coral vine, Mexican creeper, queen's wreath, queen's jewels, chain-of-love, mountain rose coralvine
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- ^ a b "Genus: Antigonon Endl.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- ^ a b Antigonon. The Plant List.
- ^ a b Antigonon. Flora of North America.
- ^ Antigonon. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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