Smilax melastomifolia
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| Smilax melastomifolia | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Genus: | Smilax |
| Species: | S. melastomifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Smilax melastomifolia | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ NRCS. "Smilax melastomifolia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Seemann, Berthold Carl 1868. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 194 as Pleiosmilax menziesii
- ↑ Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Carr Emeritus Professor of Botany, Oregon State University
- ↑ Flowering Plants of Hawaii Archived 2015-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
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