List of Smilax species explained

The following species in the flowering plant genus Smilax, the greenbriers, are accepted by Plants of the World Online.^[1] Because members of Smilax have wide morphological variation and are dioecious, it is a taxonomically difficult genus.^[2]

• Smilax aberrans
• Smilax aculeatissima
• Smilax amamiana
• Smilax amblyobasis
• Smilax ampla
• Smilax anceps
• Smilax anguina
• Smilax annulata
• Smilax aquifolium
• Smilax arisanensis
• Smilax aristolochiifolia
• Smilax aspera
• Smilax aspericaulis
• Smilax assumptionis
• Smilax astrosperma
• Smilax auriculata
• Smilax australis
• Smilax austrozhejiangensis
• Smilax azorica
• Smilax bapouensis
• Smilax basilata
• Smilax bauhinioides
• Smilax bella
• Smilax biflora
• Smilax biltmoreana
• Smilax binchuanensis
• Smilax biumbellata
• Smilax blumei
• Smilax bockii
• Smilax bona-nox
• Smilax borneensis
• Smilax bracteata
• Smilax brasiliensis
• Smilax californica
• Smilax calophylla
• Smilax cambodiana
• Smilax campestris
• Smilax canariensis
• Smilax canellifolia
• Smilax celebica
• Smilax chapaensis
• Smilax china
• Smilax chinensis
• Smilax chingii
• Smilax cinnamomea
• Smilax cissoides
• Smilax cocculoides
• Smilax cognata
• Smilax compta
• Smilax corbularia
• Smilax cordato-ovata
• Smilax cordifolia
• Smilax coriacea
• Smilax cristalensis
• Smilax cuprea
• Smilax cuspidata
• Smilax darrisii
• Smilax davidiana
• Smilax densibarbata
• Smilax discotis
• Smilax domingensis
• Smilax ecirrhata
• Smilax elastica
• Smilax elegans
• Smilax elegantissima
• Smilax elmeri
• Smilax elongatoumbellata
• Smilax emeiensis
• Smilax erecta
• Smilax excelsa
• Smilax extensa
• Smilax ferox
• Smilax flavicaulis
• Smilax fluminensis
• Smilax fooningensis
• Smilax fortunensis
• Smilax fui
• Smilax gagnepainii
• Smilax gaudichaudiana
• Smilax gigantea
• Smilax gigantocarpa
• Smilax glabra
• Smilax glauca
• Smilax glaucochina
• Smilax glyciphylla
• Smilax goyazana
• Smilax gracilior
• Smilax griffithii
• Smilax guianensis
• Smilax guiyangensis
• Smilax havanensis
• Smilax hayatae
• Smilax hemsleyana
• Smilax herbacea
• Smilax hilariana
• Smilax hirtellicaulis
• Smilax horridiramula
• Smilax hugeri
• Smilax hypoglauca
• Smilax ilicifolia
• Smilax illinoensis
• Smilax indosinica
• Smilax inversa
• Smilax irrorata
• Smilax jamesii
• Smilax japicanga
• Smilax javensis
• Smilax kaniensis
• Smilax keyensis
• Smilax kingii
• Smilax klotzschii
• Smilax korthalsii
• Smilax kwangsiensis
• Smilax laevis
• Smilax lanceifolia
• Smilax lappacea
• Smilax larvata
• Smilax lasioneura
• Smilax laurifolia
• Smilax lebrunii
• Smilax leucophylla
• Smilax ligneoriparia
• Smilax ligustrifolia
• Smilax loheri
• Smilax longiflora
• Smilax longifolia
• Smilax lucida
• Smilax luei
• Smilax lunglingensis
• Smilax lushuiensis
• Smilax lutescens
• Smilax luzonensis
• Smilax macrocarpa
• Smilax magnifolia
• Smilax mairei
• Smilax malipoensis
• Smilax maritima
• Smilax maypurensis
• Smilax megacarpa
• Smilax megalantha
• Smilax melanocarpa
• Smilax melastomifolia
• Smilax menispermoidea
• Smilax micrandra
• Smilax micrantha
• Smilax microdontus
• Smilax microphylla
• Smilax minarum
• Smilax minutiflora
• Smilax modesta
• Smilax mollis
• Smilax moranensis
• Smilax munita
• Smilax muscosa
• Smilax myosotiflora
• Smilax myrtillus
• Smilax nageliana
• Smilax nana
• Smilax nantoensis
• Smilax neocaledonica
• Smilax neocyclophylla
• Smilax nervomarginata
• Smilax nigrescens
• Smilax nipponica
• Smilax nova-guineensis
• Smilax obliquata
• Smilax oblongata
• Smilax oblongifolia
• Smilax ocreata
• Smilax odoratissima
• Smilax officinalis
• Smilax orbiculata
• Smilax ornata
• Smilax orthoptera
• Smilax outanscianensis
• Smilax ovalifolia
• Smilax ovatolanceolata
• Smilax pachysandroides
• Smilax paniculata
• Smilax papuana
• Smilax perfoliata
• Smilax pertenuis
• Smilax petelotii
• Smilax pilcomayensis
• Smilax pilosa
• Smilax pinfaensis
• Smilax plurifurcata
• Smilax poilanei
• Smilax polyacantha
• Smilax polyandra
• Smilax polyantha
• Smilax polycolea
• Smilax populnea
• Smilax pottingeri
• Smilax prolifera
• Smilax pseudochina
• Smilax pulverulenta
• Smilax pumila
• Smilax purhampuy
• Smilax purpurata
• Smilax pygmaea
• Smilax quadrata
• Smilax quadrumbellata
• Smilax quinquenervia
• Smilax remotinervis
• Smilax retroflexa
• Smilax riparia
• Smilax rotundifolia
• Smilax roxburghiana
• Smilax rubromarginata
• Smilax rufescens
• Smilax sailenii
• Smilax salicifolia
• Smilax sanguinea
• Smilax santaremensis
• Smilax saulensis
• Smilax schomburgkiana
• Smilax scobinicaulis
• Smilax sebeana
• Smilax seisuiensis
• Smilax septemnervia
• Smilax setiramula
• Smilax setosa
• Smilax sieboldii
• Smilax silverstonei
• Smilax sinclairii
• Smilax siphilitica
• Smilax solanifolia
• Smilax spicata
• Smilax spinosa
• Smilax spissa
• Smilax spruceana
• Smilax stans
• Smilax stenophylla
• Smilax subinermis
• Smilax subpubescens
• Smilax subsessiliflora
• Smilax sumatrensis
• Smilax synandra
• Smilax talbotiana
• Smilax tamnoides
• Smilax tetraptera
• Smilax timorensis
• Smilax tomentosa
• Smilax trachypoda
• Smilax trinervula
• Smilax tsinchengshanensis
• Smilax tuberculata
• Smilax turbans
• Smilax utilis
• Smilax vaginata
• Smilax vanchingshanensis
• Smilax velutina
• Smilax verrucosa
• Smilax verticalis
• Smilax vitiensis
• Smilax wallichii
• Smilax walteri
• Smilax wightii
• Smilax williamsii
• Smilax yunnanensis
• Smilax zeylanica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Smilax Vent. . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 2022 . 20 March 2022 .
2. Taxonomic revision of the genus Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Central America and the Caribbean Islands . 2010 . Ferrufino-Acosta . Lilian . Willdenowia . 40 . 2 . 227 . 10.3372/wi.40.40208 . 85284808 . free .