Smilacaceae Vent.

First published in Tabl. Regn. Vég. 2: 146. 1799 [5 May 1799] (1799)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

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  • Cowley, E. J. (1989). Smilacaceae. In: R. M. Polhill (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • Huft, M. J. (1994). Smilacaeace. In: G. Davidse, S. M. Sousa & A. O. Chater (eds), Flora Mesoamericana 6: 20–25. UNAM, Mexico.
  • Koyama, T. (1978). Smilacaeae. In: H. Li, T. Lui, T. Huang, T. Koyama & C. E. De Vol (eds), Flora of Taiwan 5: 110–137.
  • Koyama, T. (1984). A taxonomic revision of the genus Heterosmilax (Smilacaeae). Brittonia 36: 184–205.

Neotropikey

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  • APG II. (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 141: 399-436.
  • Andreata, P.R.H. (1997). Revisão das espécies brasileiras do gênero Smilax Linnaeus (Smilacaceae). Pesq. 47: 1-243.
  • Botina-P., J.R. (2008). Revisión taxonómica y fitogeografía del género Smilax L.(Smilacaceae) en Colombia. Trabajo de Investigación. Universidad del Valle, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biología, Programa Maestría en Ciencias-Biología, Santiago de Cali-Colombia.
  • Brown, J.L. (2004). Sphenocleae. In: Smith, N.P., Mori, S.A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D.W., and Heald, S.V. (eds.). Flowering plants of the Neotropics, pp. 357-358. Princeton University Press, Oxford and Princeton.
  • Cameron, K.M. and Fu, C.X. (2005). A nuclear rDNA phylogeny of Smilax (Smilacaceae). Aliso 22: 598-605.
  • Chen, S.C., Qiu, Y.X., Wang, A.L., Cameron, K.M. and Fu, C.X. (2006)a. A phylogenetic analysis of the Smilacaceae based on morphological data. Act. Phytotax. Sinica 44(2): 113-125.
  • Chen, S.C., Zhang, S.P., Ni, S.F., Fu, C.X. and Cameron, K.M. (2006)b. The systematic value of pollen morphology in Smilacaceae. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259: 19-37.
  • Conran, J.G. (1998). Smilacaceae. Pp. 417-422. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 3.  Springer Verlag, Berlin.
  • Cronquist, A. (1981). An integrated system of classification of flowering plants. Columbia University Press, New York
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  • Dahlgren, R.M.T., Clifford H.T. and Yeo, P.E. (1985). The families of monocotyledons. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • De Candolle, A.P.P. (1878). Smilax. Pp. 45-213. In: De Candolle, A.P.P. and C.P. De Candolle (eds.), Monographiae Phanerogamarum. Sumptibus G. Masson, Parisiis.
  • Ferrufino, L. and Gómez, J. (2004). Estudio morfológico de Smilax L. (Smilacaceae) en Costa Rica, con implicaciones sistemáticas. Lankesteriana 4(1): 5-36.
  • Gaskin, J. F. and Berry, P.E. (1988). New synonymy and useful taxonomic characters in Smilax (Smilacaceae) from the Venezuelan Guayana. Novon 8: 364-370.
  • Gaskin, J.K. and Berry, P.E. (2005). Smilacaceae. In: J.A. Steyermark, P.E. Berry, K. Yatskievich and B.K. Holst (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, vol. 9, Rutaceae -Zygophyllaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Grisebach, H.A. (1842). Smilaceae. Pp. 1-24. In: C.F.P. von Martius et al. (eds.), Flora Brasiliensis, vol. 3, n 1, Leipzig, München.
  • Guaglianone, E. R. and S. Gattuso. (1991). Estudios taxonómicos sobre el género Smilax (Smilacaceae) I. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 27(1-2): 105-129.
  • Howard, R. A. (1979). Genus Smilax L. in the Lesser Antilles. Taxon 28: 55-58.
  • Huft, M. J. (1994). Smilacaceae. Pp. 20-25. In: G. Davidse, M. Sousa & A.O. Chater (eds.), Flora Mesoamericana, Vol. 6, Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Universidad Autónoma de México, México D.F.; Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis; The Natural History Museum, London.
  • Jeppesen, S. (1981). Sphenocleaceae. In: Harling, G. & Sparre, B. (eds), Flora of Ecuador vol. 14, pp. 173-174.  University of Gothenburg.
  • Judd, W. S., Campell, C.S., Kellogg, E.A., Stevens, P.F. and Donoghue, J.M.  (2002). Plant systematics, a phylogenetic approach. 2 ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts.
  • Killip, E.P. and Morton, C.V. (1936). A revision of the Mexican and Central American species of Smilax. Carnegie Inst. Wash. Publ. 461: 255-296.
  • Kunth, C.S. (1850). Smilax. Pp. 160-263 in Enumeratio Plantarum, Tomus V. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stutgardiae et Tubingae.
  • Maas, P.J.M. & Westra, L.Y.Th. (2005). Neotropical Plant Families. A concise guide of vascular plants in the Neotropics. 3rd ed., p. 283. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell.
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  • Morales, F. J. (2003). Smilacaceae. Pp. 833-838. In: B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera and N. Zamora (eds.), Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, vol. 3, Monocotiledoneas. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 93.
  • Morton, C.V. (1945). Smilacaceae. Pp. 6-11. In: R. E. Woodson and R.N. Schery (eds.), Flora of Panama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 32(1): 6-11.
  • Morton, C.V. (1962). A re-examination of Mexican Smilax (Smilacaceae). Brittonia 14: 299-309.
  • Schulz, O.E. 1904-(1908). Smilax. Pp 17-47. In: I. Urban (ed.), Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis, vol. 5. Paul Klincksieck, Paris; Williams & Norgate, London.
  • Sipman, H. (1979). Liliaceae. Pp. 442-456. In: A.L. Stoffers & J.C. Lindeman (eds.), Flora of Suriname, Vol. 5, Part 1. Foundation Van Eedenfonds, Amsterdam.
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Flora Zambesiaca

  • M.A. Diniz (2009). in J. R. Timberlake, E. S. Martins (eds). Flora Zambesiaca, Vol 12 (part 2). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Chen, X. Q. & Koyama, T. (2000). Smilax. In: Z. Y. Wu & P. H. Raven (eds), Flora of China 24: 96–115. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • DeFilipps, R. A. (1980). Smilax. In: T. G. Tutin, V. H. Heywood, N. A. Burges, D. H. Valentine, S. M. Walters & D. A. Webb (eds), Flora Europaea 5: 74. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • Holmes, W. C. (2002). Smilax. In: Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds), Flora of North America 26: 468. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford.

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