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Antigonon leptopus (queen's jewels; confederate vine; Sandwich Island creeper; Chain-of-love; Coral bells; Coral vine; Corallita; Hearts on a chain; Love-vine; Mexican creeper; Mountain rose; queen's wreath; Mexican coral vine; Kadena de amor)

Synonyms: Corculum leptopum; Corculum leptopus

Wikipedia Abstract

Antigonon leptopus, commonly known as Mexican Creeper, coral vine or San Miguelito Vine, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, it is a perrenial, that is native to Mexico. It is a vine with pink or white flowers.
View Wikipedia Record: Antigonon leptopus

Invasive Species

Antigonon leptopus is a smothering vine that invades disturbed areas and forest edges. It produces many seeds, which are spread by water currents and animals that consume the fruit. It has become invasive in some Pacific Islands, and is naturalised in many other parts of the Pacific.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Archipelago de Colon Biosphere Reserve 34336011 Galapagos Islands, Ecuador  
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Mburucuyá National Park II   Corrientes, Argentina  

Predators

Abgrallaspis cyanophylli (cyanophyllum scale)[3]
Aonidiella orientalis (Oriental Scale)[4]
Colocleora divisaria[5]
Eumeta crameri[5]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[3]
Mahasena corbetti[5]
Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[4]
Pulvinaria elongata (cottony grass scale)[4]
Pulvinaria psidii (green shield scale)[4]
Pulvinaria tyleri[4]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[4]
Scopula minorata[5]

Distribution

Caribbean; North America; Oceania;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Kartesz J., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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