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Heterosmilax

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Heterosmilax

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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.

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It sits within the topics Liliales genera and Smilacaceae.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderLiliales
  5. FamilySmilacaceae
Observations recorded171

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
11
With media
9
Family
Smilacaceae
Collections
US, UTEP, MO, BRIT, NY, CDA
Recorded in
China, Taiwan, Vietnam, United States, Malaysia/Sabah

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Smilacaceae
Image
Heterosmilax japonica karasukibasnkri01.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Heterosmilax
topic's main category
Category:Heterosmilax
Commons category
Heterosmilax
taxonomic type
Heterosmilax japonica
taxon common name
肖菝葜属
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Encyclopedic overview

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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. Species Heterosmilax borneensis A.DC. - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra Heterosmilax chinensis F.T.Wang - Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Maxim - Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan Heterosmilax longiflora K.Y.Guan & Noltie - Yunnan Heterosmilax micrandra T.Koyama - Hainan Heterosmilax micrantha (Blume) Bakh.f. - Java Heterosmilax paniculata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam Heterosmilax pertenuis (T.Koyama) T.Koyama - Thailand Heterosmilax polyandra Gagnep. - Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Thailand Heterosmilax seisuiensis (Hayata) F.T.Wang & Tang - Taiwan Heterosmilax septemnervia F.T.Wang & Tang - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan Heterosmilax yunnanensis Gagnep. - Yunnan

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heterosmilax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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