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Smilax
Taxonomy
Smilax was named by Linnaeus (1753) [(Tournefort) Linnaeus]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Liliaceae by MacGinitie (1941); to Smilaceae by Ettinghausen (1880), Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919) and Srivastava (1991); and to Smilacaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
It was assigned to Liliaceae by MacGinitie (1941); to Smilaceae by Ettinghausen (1880), Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919) and Srivastava (1991); and to Smilacaceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Liu et al. (1996) and Mabberley (2000).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Smilax Linnaeus |
| 1880 | Smilax Ettinghausen p. 393 |
| 1899 | Smilax Knowlton |
| 1919 | Smilax Knowlton |
| 1941 | Smilax MacGinitie p. 100 |
| 1976 | Smilax Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Smilax Chauhan |
| 1991 | Smilax Srivastava |
| 1996 | Smilax Liu et al. |
| 2000 | Smilax Mabberley |
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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.
G. Smilax Linnaeus 1753
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†Smilax carbonensis Cockerell 1914
†Smilax coloradensis Knowlton 1917
†Smilax cyclophylla Newberry 1863
†Smilax franklini Heer 1868
†Smilax grandifoliacretacea Lesquereux 1891
†Smilax labidurommae Cockerell 1914
†Smilax lamarensis Knowlton 1899
†Smilax obtusangula Heer 1859
†Smilax pristina Ettinghausen and Gardner 1879
Smilax undulata Pohl 1878
†Smilax wardii Lesquereux 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available