Smilax aspera
A species in the Smilacaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Smilacaceae
- Genus
- Smilax
- Species
- Smilax aspera
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Smilax aspera. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
51 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 2
- Smilax aspera f. balearicaName author: (Willk. ex A.DC.) Knoche
- Smilax aspera f. intermediaName author: Knoche
- Smilax aspera f. punctataName author: (Kolb) Rehder
- Smilax aspera subsp. balearicaName author: (Willk.) Romo
- Smilax aspera subsp. balearicaName author: (Willk. ex A.DC.) Romo
- Smilax aspera subsp. balearicaName author: (Willk. ex A.DC.) K.Richt.
- Smilax aspera subsp. mauritanicaName author: (Poir.) Arcang.
- Smilax aspera subsp. nigraName author: (Willd.) Nyman
- Smilax aspera var. altissimaName author: Moris & De Not.
- Smilax aspera var. angustifoliaName author: DC.
- Smilax aspera var. balearicaName author: Willk. ex A.DC.
- Smilax aspera var. maculataName author: (Roxb. ex D.Don) A.DC.
- Smilax aspera var. mauritanicaName author: (Poir.) Gren. & Godr.
- Smilax aspera var. mauritanicaName author: (Poir.) Gren.
- Smilax aspera var. nigraName author: (Willd.) A.DC.
- Smilax aspera var. ochrocarpaName author: A.DC.
- Smilax aspera var. perrottetianaName author: A.DC.
- Smilax aspera var. pictaName author: Willk.
- Smilax aspera var. punctataName author: Kolb
- Smilax balearicaName author: (Willk. ex A.DC.) Burnat & Barbey
- Smilax brevipesName author: Jord.
- Smilax capitataName author: Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
- Smilax catalonicaName author: Poir.
- Smilax confertaName author: Jord.
- Smilax excelsaName author: Duhamel
- Smilax goetzeanaName author: Engl.
- Smilax inermisName author: Jord.
- Smilax intricatissimaName author: Jord.
- Smilax longipesName author: Gand.
- Smilax maculataName author: Roxb. ex D.Don
- Smilax maculataName author: Roxb.
- Smilax mauritanicaName author: Desf.
- Smilax mauritanicaName author: Webb & Berthel.
- Smilax mauritanicaName author: Poir.
- Smilax mauritanica subsp. vespertilionisName author: (Boiss.) K.Richt.
- Smilax mauritanica var. vespertilionisName author: Boiss.
- Smilax nigraName author: Willd.
- Smilax nilagirensisName author: Steud. ex A.DC.
- Smilax oxycarpaName author: Jord.
- Smilax peduncularisName author: Jord.
- Smilax pendulinaName author: Lowe
- Smilax pictaName author: K.Koch
- Smilax platyphyllaName author: Jord.
- Smilax rettianaName author: Willis ex Livera
- Smilax rigidaName author: Banks & Sol.
- Smilax sagittataName author: Desv.
- Smilax sagittifoliaName author: G.Lodd.
- Smilax saxicolaName author: Gand.
- Smilax tetragonaName author: L.f.
- Smilax variabilisName author: Pers.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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