Smilax tamnoides

Bristly greenbrier
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Smilacaceae
Genus: Smilax
Species: S. tamnoides
Binomial name
Smilax tamnoides
L. 1753
Synonyms[1]
  • Smilax hispida Muhl. ex Torr. 1843, illegitimate homonym not Raf. 1840
  • Smilax medica Petz. & G.Kirchn. 1864, illegitimate homonym not Schltdl. & Cham. 1831
  • Dilax muricata Raf.
  • Smilax grandifolia Buckley

Smilax tamnoides, common name bristly greenbrier,[2] is a North American species of plants native to the United States and Canada. It is widespread from Ontario and New York State south to Texas and Florida.[1][3]

The plant has been called Smilax hispida in many publications, but the name Smilax tamnoides is much older and under the botanical rules of priority it is the preferred name.

Smilax tamnoides is a climbing, prickly vine that supports itself on other vegetation. Flowers are green to brown, small but numerous in umbels; fruits blue to black without the waxy coating common on many other species of the genus.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Virginia Tech, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, bristly greenbrier Smilacaceae Smilax tamnoides
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Smilax hispida, synonym of Smilax tamnoides
  4. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 477 China root, hellfetter, bristly greenbrier Smilax tamnoides Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1030. 1753.


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