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]
| Heterosmilax | |
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| Heterosmilax japonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Genus: | Smilax |
| Section: | Heterosmilax Kunth |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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- 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
edit- ^ a b 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.