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|accepted_name=Antigonon
|accepted_authority=Endlicher
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl.
|place=4: 310. 1837
|year=1837
}}
|common_names=Coralvine;Mexican creeper;corona de la reina;Confederate-vine
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Polygonaceae;Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae;Antigonon
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Polygonaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Antigonon]]</div></div>
|etymology=etymology uncertain; perhaps Greek anti- , against, and gony, knee, alluding to angled stems, or Greek anti- , in place of, and genus Polygonum, alluding to affinity
|volume=Volume 5
|mention_page=page 216, 218, 479, 480
|treatment_page=page 481
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Vines,</b> perennial [annual];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root architecture">roots tuberous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem growth form;stem architecture;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>scandent, tendril-bearing, pubescent or glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="tendril position or structure subtype;tendril position;tendril architecture">tendrils terminal and axillary, branched.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf duration;cauline leaf arrangement;cauline leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>deciduous or persistent, cauline, alternate, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="ocreum duration;ocreum pubescence or texture">ocrea usually deciduous, chartaceous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="blade shape;blade architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape">blade broadly ovate to deltate or truncate, margins entire, sometimes undulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement or growth form;inflorescence shape;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and axillary, often clustered near tips of stems, racemelike, pedunculate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pedicel presence"><b>Pedicels </b>present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower atypical quantity;flower quantity;base shape"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, (1–) 2–5 per ocreate fascicle, base stipelike;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="perianth size;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth shape;perianth pubescence">perianth accrescent in fruit, pink to purple or, rarely, white or yellowish, campanulate, glabrous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal fusion;tepal architecture;tepal growth form;outer tepal quantity;outer tepal width;inner tepal quantity">tepals 5, connate proximally, petaloid, dimorphic, outer 3 broader than inner 2;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen atypical quantity;stamen atypical quantity;stamen quantity">stamens (7–) 8 (–9);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament fusion;filament length;filament fusion;filament pubescence">filaments connate ca. 1/2 their length, forming staminal tube, adnate to perianth-tube, glandular-pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther coloration;anther shape">anthers yellow to reddish, ovate to elliptic;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style quantity;style orientation;style fusion">styles 3, recurved, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigmas reniform-capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="achene coloration;achene architecture;achene shape;achene shape;achene pubescence;achene pubescence;perianth texture"><b>Achenes </b>included in membranous perianth, brown, unwinged, subglobose to bluntly 3-gonous proximally, 3-gonous distally, glabrous or pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties=""><b>Seeds:</b> embryo straight.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="embryo course;x chromosome quantity">x = 20.</span><!--

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|distribution=subtropical and tropical;s North America (including Mexico);West Indies;Central America;South America
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 6 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Antigonon
|author=Craig C. Freeman
|authority=Endlicher
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Polygonaceae
|illustrator=Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=subtropical and tropical;s North America (including Mexico);West Indies;Central America;South America
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1837
|special status=
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|subfamily=Polygonaceae subfam. Polygonoideae
|genus=Antigonon
|achene architecture=unwinged
|achene coloration=brown
|achene pubescence=pubescent;glabrous
|achene shape=3-gonous;subglobose;bluntly 3-gonous proximally
|anther coloration=yellow;reddish
|anther shape=ovate;elliptic
|base shape=stipelike
|blade architecture or shape=truncate
|blade shape=broadly ovate;deltate
|cauline leaf architecture=petiolate
|cauline leaf arrangement=alternate
|embryo course=straight
|filament fusion=adnate;connate
|filament length=1/2
|filament pubescence=glandular-pubescent
|flower atypical quantity=1;2
|flower quantity=2;5
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|inflorescence architecture=pedunculate
|inflorescence arrangement or growth form=clustered
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|inflorescence shape=racemelike
|inner tepal quantity=2
|leaf duration=persistent;deciduous
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin shape=undulate
|ocreum duration=deciduous
|ocreum pubescence or texture=chartaceous
|outer tepal quantity=3
|outer tepal width=broader
|pedicel presence=absent
|perianth coloration=yellowish;white;,;pink;purple
|perianth pubescence=glabrous
|perianth shape=campanulate
|perianth size=accrescent
|perianth texture=membranous
|root architecture=tuberous
|stamen atypical quantity=8;9
|stamen quantity=8
|stem architecture=tendril-bearing
|stem growth form=scandent
|stem pubescence=glabrous;pubescent
|stigma architecture or shape=reniform-capitate
|style fusion=distinct
|style orientation=recurved
|style quantity=3
|tendril architecture=branched
|tendril position=axillary
|tendril position or structure subtype=terminal
|tepal architecture=petaloid
|tepal fusion=connate
|tepal growth form=dimorphic
|tepal quantity=5
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=vine
|x chromosome quantity=20
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