Smilacaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Smilacaceae

China root
bamboo vine
carrion vine
carrionflower
greenbrier
sarsaparilla
sarsparilla vine

Hierarchical position of the Family Smilacaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn.
pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.
  
   SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Smilacales Lindl.
pub. Nix. Pl.: 23. 17 Sep 1833.
  
   Familia  Smilacaceae Vent.
pub. Tabl. R�gne V�g. 2: 146. 5 Mai 1799.
common name: Green-briers
  

Named members of the Family Smilacaceae

1
   Genus  Behnia Didr.
pub. (1854)
2
   Genus  Heterosmilax Kunth
3
   Genus  Pseudosmilax Hayata
syn. Heterosmilax Kunth
4
   Subfamilia  Smilacoideae Kostel.
pub. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 1: 205. Mai 1831.
  
 
5
   Tribus  Smilaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 60. 1829.
  
 
6
   Genus  Smilax L.
pub. (1753)
common name: greenbrier, sarsaparilla
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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