New York Metropolitan Flora

Nomenclature

Smilax L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1028. 1753. Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 455. 1754. LECTOTYPE: Smilax aspera L. designated by Britton & Brown (1913).

Parilax Raf., Neogenyton 3. 1825. TYPE: Unknown.

Key to the species of Smilax

1. Leaves glaucous beneath...Smilax glauca
1. Leaves green beneath...2

2. Leaf margin minutely serrulate (visibly so at 10×)...Smilax tamnoides
2. Leaf margin entire...Smilax rotundifolia

List of Smilax Species

References to Smilax

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• Anonymous 1889. Proceedings of the Club. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 178-80.
• Arber, A. 1920. Tendrils of Smilax. Bot. Gaz. 69: 438-42.
• Arthur, M. A.; Paratley, R. D. 1998. Single and repeated fires affect survival and regeneration of woody and herbaceous species in an oak-pine forest. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 125: 225-236.
• Blake, S. F. 1918. A variety of Smilax glauca. Rhodora 20(232): 78-80.
• Brewer, J. S. 1998. Patterns of plant species richness in a wet slash-pine (Pinus elliottii) savanna. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 125: 216-224.
• Camp, W. H. 1947. Distribution patterns in modern plants and the problems of ancient dispersals. Ecol. Monogr. 17: 161-83.
• Caponetti, J. D.; Quimby, M. W. 1956. The comparative anatomy of certain species of Smilax. J. Amer. Pharm. Assoc. 45(10): 691-6.
• Carey, J. H. 1994. Smilax rotundifolia. ()
• Carter, G. A.; Teramura, A. H. 1988. Vine photosynthesis and relationships to climbing mechanics in a forest understory. Amer. J. Bot. 75: 1011-8.
• Clausen, Robert T. 1951. Smilax hispida versus S. tamnoides. Rhodora 53(628): 109-11.
• Cobb, A. R. et.al. 2007. Dynamics of freeze-thaw embolism in Smilax rotundifolia (Smilacaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 94: 640-649.
• Coker, W. C. 1944. The woody smilaxes of the United States. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 60: 27-69.
• Davis, W. T. 1891. Variations in the rootstock of Smilax glauca dependent upon environment. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 118-9.
• Ervin, E. L.; Evert, R. F. 1967. Aspects of sieve element ontogeny and structure in Smilax rotundifolia. Bot. Gaz. 128(2): 138-44.
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• Gratacap, L. P. 1892. Notes on berries of Smilax rotundifolia. Proc. Nat. Sci. Assoc. Staten Island 3: 27.
• Hollick, A. H.; Britton, Nathaniel L. 1881. The flora of Richmond County, N.Y. Additions. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 8: 48.
• Holm, T. 1891. Contributions to the knowledge of the germination of some North American plants. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 2: 57-108.
• Hoppes, W. G. 1988. Seedfall pattern of several species of bird-dispersed plants in an Illinois woodland. Ecology 69: 320-329.
• Judd, W. S. 1998. The Smilacaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 3: 147-169.
• Kellerman, W. A. 1900. Notes economic and taxonomic on the sawbriar, Smilax glauca. Ohio Naturalist 1: 24.
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• Lamont, E. E.; Fitzgerald, J. M. 2001. Noteworthy plants reported from the Torrey Range- 2000. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 128: 409-414.
• Lawrey, J. D. 1977. Trace metal accumulation by plant species from a coal strip-mining area in Ohio. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 104: 368-375.
• Martin, B. F.; Tucker, S. C. 1985. Developmental studies in Smilax (Liliaceae). 1. Organography and the shoot apex. Amer. J. Bot. 71(1): 66-74.
• Morong, T. 1894. The Smilacaceae of North and Central America. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 419-43.
• Norton, J. B. S. 1916. The eastern and the western migrations of Smilax into North America. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6: 281-281.
• Pogge, F. L.; Bearce, B. C. 1989. Germinating common and cat greenbrier. Tree Pl. Notes 40: 34-7.
• Sawyer, N. W.; Anderson, G. J. 1998. Reproductive biology of the carrion-flower, Smilax herbacea (Smilacaceae). Rhodora 100: 1-24.
• Speese, B. M. 1947. Smilax L., a cytological, geographic, and taxonomic study. Ph.D. Dissertation Univ. Virginia,
• Sterns, E. E. 1888. Proposed revision of North American Smilaces. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 86.
• Stoll, R. J. et.al. 1980. Foods of ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus in Ohio USA. Ohio Fish Wildlife Rep. 1980: 1-18.
• Van Deelen, T. R. 1991. Smilax laurifolia. ()
• Wilbur, R. L. 2003. What is the correct name for the bristly greenbriar? Rhodora 105: 250-259.
• Wilbur, R. L. 2004. The subgeneric nomenclature for the herbaceous-stemmed Smilax species (Smilacaceae) of North America. Brittonia 56: 166-168.
• Wilbur, R. L. 2006. Addendum to "The subgeneric nomenclature for the herbaceous-stemmed Smilax species (Smilacaceae) of North America" and comments on the problems of infrageneric nomenclature. Brittonia 58: 88-89.
• Yates, I. E. 1968. Comparative studies of Smilax, section Eusmilax, of the southeastern United States. M.S. Thesis Univ. Georgia, Athens, GA,
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