Smilax melastomifolia

Smilax melastomifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Smilacaceae
Genus: Smilax
Species: S. melastomifolia
Binomial name
Smilax melastomifolia
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Synonyms[1]
  • Smilax sandwicensis Kunth
  • Pleiosmilax menziesii Seem.
  • Pleiosmilax sandwicensis (Kunth) Seem.
  • Smilax hawaiensis Seem.

Smilax melastomifolia, the Hawai'i greenbrier,[2] is a species of spiny vine found in nature only in the Hawaiian Islands.[1][3] Spines occur not only on the stems but also on the underside of the leaves and on the peduncles of female flowers. Berries are white or pale green.[4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ "Smilax melastomifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. Revised Edition, Volume 2. Special Publications; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 97: 989-1919.
  4. ↑ Seemann, Berthold Carl 1868. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 194 as Pleiosmilax menziesii
  5. ↑ Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Carr Emeritus Professor of Botany, Oregon State University
  6. ↑ Flowering Plants of Hawaii


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