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Smilacaceae
Smilacaceae, the greenbriers, is a family of flowering plants. While they were often assigned to a more broadly defined family Liliaceae, most recent botanists have accepted the two as distinct families, diverging around 55 million years ago during the Early Paleogene. One characteristic that distinguishes Smilacaceae from most of the other members of the Liliaceae-like Liliales is that it has true vessels in its conducting tissue. Another is that the veins of the leaves, between major veins, are reticulate (net-shaped), rather than parallel as in most monocots.
Smilax
Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae, native throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys and smilaxes. Sarsaparilla (also zarzaparrilla, sarsparilla) is a name used specifically for the Neotropical S. ornata as well as a catch-all term in particular for American species. Occasionally, the non-woody species such as the smooth herbaceous greenbrier (S. h
Smilax aspera
species of plant
Smilax china
species of plant
Smilax glabra
species of plant
Heterosmilax
Heterosmilax was considered a genus of flowering plants in the family Smilacaceae. It was native to southern China and Southeast Asia. Subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies showed that it was embedded within another genus, Smilax and was reduced to a section within that genus.
Smilax canariensis
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Smilax anceps
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Smilax aristolochiifolia
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Smilax australis
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Smilax rotundifolia
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Smilax ornata
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Smilax glauca
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Smilax laurifolia
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Smilax herbacea
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Smilax officinalis
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Smilax zeylanica
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Smilax walteri
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Smilax melastomifolia
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Smilax azorica
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Smilax auriculata
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Smilax tamnoides
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Smilax pseudochina
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Smilax pumila
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Smilax bona-nox
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Smilax jamesii
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Smilax maritima
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Smilax californica
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Smilax moranensis
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Smilax pulverulenta
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Smilax calophylla
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Smilax ecirrhata
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Smilax hugeri
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Smilax lasioneura
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Smilax blumei
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Smilax biltmoreana
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Smilax havanensis
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Smilax glyciphylla
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Smilax aculeatissima
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Smilax illinoensis
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