Smilax ornata
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Smilax ornata is a perennial trailing vine with prickly stems that is native to Mexico and Central America. Common names include sarsaparilla, Honduran sarsaparilla, and Jamaican sarsaparilla.
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Smilax
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Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilac
Smilax ornata
…classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Order: Liliales Family: Smilacaceae Genus: Smilax Species: S. ornata Binomial name Smilax ornata Lem. Synonyms Smilax grandifolia Regel 1856, not Buckley 1843 nor Voigt 1845 nor Poepp. ex A. DC. 1878…
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Smilax sp. climber at Howrah district, West Bengal, India
Blue admiral (Kaniska canace) caterpillar on China smilax (S. china)
American sarsaparilla (S. aristolochiifolia) from Köhler's Medicinal Plants