Heterosmilax

Heterosmilax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Smilacaceae
Genus: Heterosmilax
Species: H. borneensis – H. chinensis – H. gaudichaudiana – H. longiflora – H. micrandra – H. micrantha – H. paniculata – H. pertenuis – H. polyandra – H. seisuiensis – H. septemnervia – H. yunnanensis

Name

Heterosmilax Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 270 (1850)

• Type species: Heterosmilax japonica Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 270 (1850) However, this species is now accepted as a synonym of Smilax bockii Warb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 259 (1900), therefore typus non designatus

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Oligosmilax Seem., J. Bot. 6: 258 (1868)
  • Pseudosmilax Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 124 (1920)
    

Note: Now generally accepted as a synonym of Smilax s.l.

References

• Kunth, K.S. 1850. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 5: 270. BHL
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Heterosmilax in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 7. Reference page.  Now treats this as a synonym of Smilax s.l.
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Heterosmilax. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2015.
• Qi, Z., Cameron, K. M., Li, P., Zhao, Y., Chen, S., Chen, G. & Fu, C. 2013. Phylogenetics, character evolution, and distribution patterns of the greenbriers, Smilacaceae (Liliales), a near-cosmopolitan family of monocots Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 535–548. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12096. Reference page.  Provides molecular evidence that Smilax and Heterosmilax are synonymous.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Heterosmilax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2015.