Heterosmilax

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Smilacaceae
Genus: Heterosmilax
Species: H. borneensis – H. chinensis – H. gaudichaudiana – H. longiflora – H. micrandra – H. micrantha – H. paniculata – H. pertenuis – H. polyandra – H. seisuiensis – H. septemnervia – H. yunnanensis
Name

Heterosmilax Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 270 (1850)

Type species: Heterosmilax japonica Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 270 (1850) However, this species is now accepted as a synonym of Smilax bockii Warb., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 259 (1900), therefore typus non designatus

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Oligosmilax Seem., J. Bot. 6: 258 (1868)
Pseudosmilax Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 124 (1920)

Note: Now generally accepted as a synonym of Smilax s.l.
References

Kunth, K.S. 1850. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 5: 270. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Heterosmilax in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 7. Reference page. Now treats this as a synonym of Smilax s.l.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Heterosmilax. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2015.
Qi, Z., Cameron, K. M., Li, P., Zhao, Y., Chen, S., Chen, G. & Fu, C. 2013. Phylogenetics, character evolution, and distribution patterns of the greenbriers, Smilacaceae (Liliales), a near-cosmopolitan family of monocots Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 535–548. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12096. Reference page. Provides molecular evidence that Smilax and Heterosmilax are synonymous.
Tropicos.org 2015. Heterosmilax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 16.

Heterosmilax was considered a genus of flowering plants in the family Smilacaceae. It was native to southern China and Southeast Asia.[1][2] Subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies showed that it was embedded within another genus, Smilax and was reduced to a section within that genus. [3]

Species

Heterosmilax borneensis A.DC. - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Heterosmilax chinensis F.T.Wang - Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Maxim - Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan
Heterosmilax longiflora K.Y.Guan & Noltie - Yunnan
Heterosmilax micrandra T.Koyama - Hainan
Heterosmilax micrantha (Blume) Bakh.f. - Java
Heterosmilax paniculata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
Heterosmilax pertenuis (T.Koyama) T.Koyama - Thailand
Heterosmilax polyandra Gagnep. - Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Thailand
Heterosmilax seisuiensis (Hayata) F.T.Wang & Tang - Taiwan
Heterosmilax septemnervia F.T.Wang & Tang - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
Heterosmilax yunnanensis Gagnep. - Yunnan

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 115, 肖菝葜属 xiao ba qia shu, Heterosmilax Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 270. 1850.
Qi, Zhechen; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Li, Pan; Zhao, Yunpeng; Chen, Shichao; Chen, Guangcun; Fu, Chengxin (December 2013). "Phylogenetics, character evolution, and distribution patterns of the greenbriers, Smilacaceae (Liliales), a near-cosmopolitan family of monocots". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 173 (4): 535–548. doi:10.1111/boj.12096.