Smilax pseudochina
| Smilax pseudochina | |
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| 1913 illustration[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Genus: | Smilax |
| Species: | S. pseudochina |
| Binomial name | |
| Smilax pseudochina L. not Lour. 1790 nor M.Martens & Galeotti ex A.DC. 1878 nor Blanco 1837 nor Herb.Madr. ex Wall. 1831 nor Roxb. 1832 nor Sieber ex A.DC. 1878 nor Bert. ex Kunth 1850[2] | |
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Smilax pseudochina, the bamboo vine,[4] is a North American species of plants native to the Atlantic Coast of the United States. It ranges from Long Island in New York State south to Georgia.[3][5]
Smilax pseudochina is an herb up to 2 meters (7 feet) tall, sometimes unbranched but sometimes with a few branches. Berries are round, blue or black with a waxy coat, borne in umbels.[6]
References
- ↑ Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 529.
- ↑ The International Plant Names Index
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Smilax pseudochina". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 475 Smilax pseudochina Linnaeus
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