Smilax melastomifolia

Smilax melastomifolia, the Hawai'i greenbrier,[2] is a species of spiny vine found in nature only in the Hawaiian Islands.[1][3] Spines occur not only on the stems but also on the underside of the leaves and on the peduncles of female flowers. Berries are white or pale green.[4][5][6]

Smilax melastomifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Smilacaceae
Genus: Smilax
Species:
S. melastomifolia
Binomial name
Smilax melastomifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Smilax sandwicensis Kunth
  • Pleiosmilax menziesii Seem.
  • Pleiosmilax sandwicensis (Kunth) Seem.
  • Smilax hawaiensis Seem.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax melastomifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i. Revised Edition, Volume 2. Special Publications; Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 97: 989-1919.
  4. Seemann, Berthold Carl 1868. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 194 as Pleiosmilax menziesii
  5. Dr. Gerald (Gerry) Carr Emeritus Professor of Botany, Oregon State University
  6. Flowering Plants of Hawaii Archived 2015-04-28 at the Wayback Machine


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