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Flowers of Zihuatanejo

Coral Vine / Coral Bells

Antigonon leptopus

-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Pinks, Cactuses, and Allies (Order Caryophyllales)

-Knotweed Family (Family Polygonaceae)

-Subfamily Eriogonoideae

-Genus Antigonon

-Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus)


Coral Bells is a native of Mexico and Central America. It is typically found along roadsides, coastal cliffs, coastal forests, disturbed areas, and tropical and subtropical areas. The flowers are usually coral-pink clusters but may also be red or white. The vine can grow up to 40 feet high in its native habitats and climbs up into the canopy of trees and spreads rapidly into the forests.

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