familySmilacaceae
genusSmilax
speciesSmilax pseudochina

Smilax pseudochina

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 1031. 1753.

Walter C. Holmes
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Coprosmanthus tamnifolius (Michaux) Kunth Nemexia tamnifolia (Michaux) Small Smilax inermis Walter Smilax leptanthera Pennell Smilax tamnifolia Michaux
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 475. Mentioned on page 470.
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Illustrator: Barbara Alongi

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Herbs. Stems annual, immature erect, older climbing, 1–2 m, occasionally branching, herbaceous, glabrous; prickles absent. Leaves numerous, evenly distributed; tendrils numerous, long, functional; blade deltate-ovate, pandurate, or cordate-ovate, the larger hastate, thin, 5–12 × 2–5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, glaucous abaxially, base truncate to subcordate; apex round to cuspidate. Umbels solitary or in sets of 3, axillary to leaves, 10–35-flowered, loose, subglobose; peduncle shorter than to 1.5 as long as subtending leaf. Flowers: perianth greenish; tepals 1.5–2.5 mm; anthers equaling or slightly larger than filaments; ovules (1–) 2 per locule; pedicel 0.3–1.5 cm. Berries blue to black, subglobose, 4–6 mm, glaucous. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Bogs, wet woods, marshes, pocosins

Distribution

V26 993-distribution-map.jpg

Del., D.C., Ga., Md., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
30 +
Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fixation
basifixed +
Anther size
slightly larger +
Anther variability
equaling +
Apex shape
round +  and cuspidate +
Author
Walter C. Holmes +
Authority
Linnaeus +
Axillary quantity
3 +
Base shape
truncate +  and subcordate +
Berry coloration
blue +  and black +
Berry pubescence
glaucous +
Berry shape
subglobose +
Berry some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade length
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
Blade pubescence
glaucous +  and glabrous +
Blade shape
hastate +, cordate-ovate +, pandurate +  and deltate-ovate +
Blade size
larger +
Blade texture
coriaceous +
Blade width
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +  and 5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
Distribution
Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Md. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
Flower architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Fruit architecture
baccate +
Habitat
Bogs, wet woods, marshes, pocosins +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Inflorescence architecture
pedunculate +  and umbellate +
Inflorescence architecture or fragility
loose +
Inflorescence density
dense +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Leaf architecture
3-veined +
Leaf architecture or coloration or relief
reticulate +
Leaf arrangement
distributed +
Leaf duration
evergreen +  and deciduous +
Leaf quantity
Numerous (?) +
Leaf texture
leathery +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary quantity
1;2 +
Ovule atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Ovule quantity
2 +
Pedicel some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Peduncle height or length or size
shorter +
Perianth coloration
greenish +
Phenology
Flowering May–Jul. +
Pistil architecture
3-carpellate +
Prickle presence
absent +
Publication title
Sp. Pl. +
Publication year
1753 +
Reference
None +
Rhizome architecture
stoloniferous +  and tuberous +
Rhizome texture
woody +
Root shape
filiform +
Seed quantity
1;3 +
Source xml
https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26 993.xml +
Special status
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Species growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Stamen arrangement
2-3-whorled +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Staminode quantity
6 +
Stem architecture
branching +
Stem duration
annual +
Stem growth form
climbing +
Stem growth form or orientation
, +  and sprawling +
Stem growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Stem life cycle
older +  and immature +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem pubescence
glabrous +
Stem some measurement
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
Stem texture
herbaceous +  and woody +
Stigma architecture
ligulate +
Stigma orientation
recurved +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style height or length or size
short +
Style presence
absent +
Subtending leaf quantity
0;1.5 +
Synonyms
Coprosmanthus tamnifolius +, Nemexia tamnifolia +, Smilax inermis +, Smilax leptanthera +  and Smilax tamnifolia +
Taxon family
Smilacaceae +
Taxon name
Smilax pseudochina +
Taxon parent
Smilax +
Taxon rank
species +
Tendril arrangement
paired +
Tendril function
functional +
Tendril length or size
long +
Tendril presence
absent +
Tendril quantity
numerous +
Tepal coloration
bronze +, yellow +  and greenish +
Tepal fusion
distinct +
Tepal quantity
6 +
Tepal shape
ovate;elliptic +
Tepal some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Umbel architecture
10-35-flowered +
Umbel architecture or arrangement or growth form
in sets +  and solitary +
Umbel architecture or fragility
loose +
Umbel shape
subglobose +
Volume
Volume 26 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
X chromosome quantity
13;16 +