Smilax havanensis
Smilax havanensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Smilacaceae |
Genus: | Smilax |
Species: | S. havanensis
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Binomial name | |
Smilax havanensis Jacq.
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Smilax havanensis is a plant species native to Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, and southern Florida.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Smilax havanensis is a perennial vine armed with prickles. Flowers are small and green, berries dark purple with a waxy coating.[7] , an Eulophid wasp, induces galls on this species.[8]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Ferrufino-Acosta, L. (2010). Taxonomic revision of the genus Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Central America and the Caribbean islands. Willdenowia 40: 227-280.
- ^ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- ^ Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
- ^ Proctor, G.R. (1984). Flora of the Cayman Islands: 1-834. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London.
- ^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- ^ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 473 Smilax havanensis Jacquin, Enum. Syst. Pl. 33. 1760.
- ^ Gates, Michael W.; Zhang, Y. Miles; Buffington, Matthew L. (2020). "The great greenbriers gall mystery resolved? New species of Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) gall inducer and two new parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Smilax L. in southern Florida, USA (English)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 80: 71–98. doi:10.3897/jhr.80.59466.
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Categories:
- Smilacaceae
- Flora of the Caribbean
- Flora of Florida
- Plants described in 1760
- Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin