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Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn. (Bot. Beechey Voy. 308. 1838.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (naturalized) [Anguilla, Antigua, Grenada, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Martinique, Monserrat, Saba, St. Lucia, St. Vincent], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cuba (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Magueyes, Vieques], Virgin Islands (naturalized) (Guana Islands, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native ?), Common Names: Bellacima (Dominican Republic), Bellacina (Dominican Republic), Belle mexicaine (Haiti), Bellísima (Cuba), Bellísima (Puerto Rico), Bellosinia (Puerto Rico), Carolina (Dominican Republic), Copalina (Dominican Republic), Coral (Puerto Rico), Coral vine (Cuba), Coralilla (Jamaica), Coralilla (Puerto Rico), Coralillo (Cuba), Coralillo rosado (Cuba), Coralina (Puerto Rico), Coralita (Cuba), Coralita (Jamaica), Corallina (Bahamas), Guirnalda (Dominican Republic), Guirnalda americana (Dominican Republic), La belle mexicaine (Cuba), Pensamiento (Cuba), Pois et riz (Haiti), Synonyms: Antigonon cinerascens M. Martens & Galeotti (Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(1): 354. 1843.), Antigonon cordatum sensu Eggers, non M. Martens & Galeotti (Fl. St. Croix 143. 1879.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 4). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 5). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 6). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 7). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 8). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 9). Kairo, M., B. Ali, O. Cheesman, K. Hayson, and S. Murphy. 2003. Invasive species threats in the Caribbean region. Report to Nature Conservancy. CAB International. 10). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 11). Liogier, A.H. 1982-2000. La flora de la Española. Univ. Central de Este, San Pedro de Macoris. Taller, República Dominicana. 12). Liogier, A.H. 1985-1997. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vols. 1-5. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 13). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 14). Liogier, A.H. and L.F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 15). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 16). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 17). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 18). The International Plant Names Index (IPNI). 2008. Website: www.ipni.org 19). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. Last edited 24 Apr 12 |