Taxon: Smilax glauca Walter

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Common names:

• cat greenbrier   (Source: Harv Pap Bot 3:160.) – English
  
• catbrier   (Source: Harv Pap Bot 3:160.) – English
  
• sawbrier   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• wild sarsaparilla   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Kansas [s.e.], Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
• Judd, W. S. 1998. The Smilacaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 3:160.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Smilax glauca.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Smilax glauca.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Smilax glauca.

Check other web resources for Smilax glauca Walter:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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