Smilax officinalis information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Smilax officinalis Kunth

Genus: Smilax
Family: Smilacaceae.
Nomen number: 34527
Place of publication: F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 1:215[folio]; 1:271[quarto]. 1816
Comment: non Smilax officinalis auct. (= S. regelii Killip & C. V. Morton)
Name verified on: 22-Apr-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Jan-2007
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

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Distributional range:

Native:

SOUTHERN AMERICA
Western South America: Colombia

Check other databases for Smilax officinalis Kunth:

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
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.
Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?34527 (09 February 2010)

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