Smilax retroflexa (F.T.Wang & Tang) S.C.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Liliales > Smilacaceae > Smilax

Characteristics

Subshrubs or shrubs, suberect, unarmed. Stem branched, to 1 m, smooth. Petiole 1--1.5 cm, widened toward base, abaxially striate-ridged, sometimes papillose distally, narrowly winged for ca. 1/3 its length; abscission zone subapical; tendrils absent. Leaf blade abaxially very glaucous, elliptic to ovate, 5--11 × 2--5.5 cm, abaxially glabrous. Inflorescence borne in axil of leaf or scalelike bract on young branches, of 1 umbel, basally not prophyllate; peduncle 2--4 cm; umbels of both sexes 3--20-flowered. Male flowers: tepals ca. 2 × 1 mm; stamens very short, ca. 1/4 as long as tepals; filaments basally connate, forming a short column ca. 0.2 mm. Berries subglobose, ca. 1 cm in diam.; carpopodium recurved. Fl. Apr, fr. Nov.
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Distribution

Smilax retroflexa world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:991079-1
WFO ID wfo-0000739429
COL ID 4XWSF
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Synonyms

Smilax retroflexa Smilax aberrans subsp. retroflexa Smilax aberrans var. retroflexa