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Smilacaceae (greenbrier)

Angiospermae - Liliales - Smilacaceae

Taxonomy
Smilacaceae was named by Ventenat (1799). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Liliaceae by Andrews (1970).

It was assigned to Monocotyledones by Ettinghausen (1880); to Dioscoreales by Mabberley (2000); and to Liliales by Knowlton (1919), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa
Smilacites, Smilax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Smilacaceae Ventenat
1880Smilaceae Ettinghausen p. 393
1919Smilaceae Knowlton
2000Smilacaceae Mabberley
2016Smilacaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderLiliales
familySmilacaceaeVentenat 1799
familySmilacaceaeVentenat 1799

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Smilacaceae Ventenat 1799 [greenbrier]
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G. †Smilacites Brongniart 1828
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†Smilacites hastata Brongniart 1828
†Smilacites mohgaoensis Nambudiri 1966
G. Smilax Linnaeus 1753
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Smilax aspera Linnaeus 1753
Smilax bonanox Linnaeus 1753
Smilax caduca Linnaeus 1753
†Smilax carbonensis Cockerell 1914
Smilax china Linnaeus 1753
†Smilax coloradensis Knowlton 1917
†Smilax cyclophylla Newberry 1863
Smilax excelsa Linnaeus 1753
†Smilax franklini Heer 1868
†Smilax grandifoliacretacea Lesquereux 1891
Smilax herbacea Linnaeus 1753
†Smilax kansana Cockerell 1914
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Invalid names: Smilax undulata Lesquereux 1892 [replaced]
†Smilax labidurommae Cockerell 1914
†Smilax lamarensis Knowlton 1899
Smilax lanceolata Linnaeus 1753
Smilax laurifolia Linnaeus 1753
†Smilax obtusangula Heer 1859
†Smilax pristina Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879
Smilax pseudochina Linnaeus 1753
†Smilax raritanensis Berry 1909
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Invalid names: Paliurus ovalis Newberry 1896 [replaced]
Smilax rotundifolia Linnaeus 1753
Smilax sarsaparilla Linnaeus 1753
Smilax tamnoides Linnaeus 1753
Smilax undulata Pohl 1878
†Smilax wardii Lesquereux 1888
Smilax zeylanica Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Smilax coloradensis (31382)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04India (Madhya Pradesh) Smilacites mohgaoensis (224606)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Idaho) Smilax trinervis (35347)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Smilax pristina (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Guangxi) Smilax sp. (223907)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Smilax GR550 (28745)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Smilax sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Smilax lamarensis (24156 24198)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Smilax labidurommae (23997 23998)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Smilax labidurommae (24209)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Smilax sp. (91467)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Czechia Smilax sp. (31643)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Yunnan) Smilax sp. (223826)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) Smilax trinervis (23973)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Smilax sagittifera (46327)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Smilax trinervis (22796)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58India (Himachal Pradesh) Smilax sp. (222792)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Smilax magna (35412)
Langhian - Messinian15.98 - 5.333Japan (Hirakata) Smilax hokkaidoensis (22739 22744)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246USA (California) Smilax diforma (27342)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Smilax grandifolia (222695) Smilax sp. (222698)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) Smilax remingtonii (35271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Smilax sp. (223992)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Tokyo) Smilax china (224546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Guangxi) Smilax petiolata (223913)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Smilax sp. (228773)