Antigonon leptopus--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 404.jpg
Antigonon leptopus--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 406.jpg
Antigonon leptopus--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 405.jpg
Antigonon leptopus--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 407.jpg
Antigonon leptopus--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 403.jpg
Native to Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua; introduced into 83 botanical countries across Africa, Tropical Asia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)
5.8512, -0.17296
Location Remarks
Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Antigonon
Specific Epithet
leptopus
Authorship
Hook. & Arn.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.4
Global rank
#114,707 of 335,497
Top 35%
Extinction probability
10%
