Taxon: Smilax regelii Killip & C. V. Morton

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Common names:

• brown sarsaparilla   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  
• Honduran sarsaparilla   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• Jamaica sarsaparilla   (Source: Ency CNatIn ) – English
  
• sarsaparilla   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• zarzaparilla   (Source: Ceiba 24:196. 1981) – Spanish
  
• sarsaparill   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Ency CNatIn; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Oaxaca
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua

• also cultivated

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
• Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. 24(part 3):96.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Williams, L. O. 1981. The useful plants of Central America. Ceiba 24:196.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Smilax regelii.

Synonyms:

• (=) Smilax officinalis auct.
  
• (=) Smilax ornata Hook.
  

Check other web resources for Smilax regelii Killip & C. V. Morton:

• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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