Species of flowering plant
Smilax moranensis
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Monocots
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Order:
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Liliales
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Family:
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Smilacaceae
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Genus:
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Smilax
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Species:
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S. moranensis
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Binomial name
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Smilax moranensis
Mart. & Gal.
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Synonyms[1]
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- Smilax acutifolia Schltdl.
- Smilax botterii A. DC.
- Smilax cordifolia var. papantlae DC.
- Smilax cordifolia var. schiedeana (Kunth) DC.
- Smilax densiflora A. DC.
- Smilax densiflora var. chrismarensis A. DC.
- Smilax erythrocarpa Kunth
- Smilax glaucocarpus Schltdl.
- Smilax invenusta Kunth
- Smilax invenusta var. armata A. DC.
- Smilax jalapensis Schltdl.
- Smilax jalapensis var. botterii (A. DC.) Killip & C.V. Morton
- Smilax moranensis fo. hispida C.V. Morton
- Smilax moranensis var. mexiae Killip & C.V. Morton
- Smilax moranensis var. schaffneriana A. DC.
- Smilax schaffneriana (A. DC.) F.W. Apt
- Smilax schiedeana Kunth
- Smilax sylvatica Kunth
- Smilax uruapensis Sessé & Moc.
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Smilax moranensis is a plant species in the family Smilacaceae. It is native to mountainous areas in Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua south to Chiapas.[2][3]
Smilax moranensis is a trailing to climbing vine sometimes reaching a height of 10 m (33 feet). Leaves are broadly ovate, round and the base and slightly tapering toward the tip. Flowers are born in umbels in the axils of the leaves, each with 6 yellow-green tepals.[4][5][6]
- ^ Tropicos, Smilax moranensis
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
- ^ Morton, C.V. 1942. A reexamination of Mexican Smilax. Brittonia 14(3):299-309.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
- ^ Ferrufino Acosta, L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the genus Smilax (Smilacaceae) in Central America and the Caribbean Islands. Willdenowia 40: 227–280.