Smilacaceae
Smilax

Smilax bona-nox L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1030 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & E. U.S.A. to Mexico, Bermuda. It is a bulbous geophyte or helophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Bermuda, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Britton, N. (1918). Flora of Bermuda: 1-585. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(9-11): 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Britton, N. (1918). Flora of Bermuda: 1-585. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2000). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(9-11): 1-337. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lyle, F.; Muller, C.H. [379] Mexico K002379587 No
Lindheimer, F. [1222] United States K001613447 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002379334 Yes
Linden, J.J. [49] Mexico K001651471 No
Ehrenberg [777] Mexico K002379591 No
Rugel, F.I.X. [s.n.] United States K000820848 Type Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States K002379324 Yes
Galeotti, H. [5479] Mexico K002379586 No
Palmer, E.J. [5115] United States K002379318 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002885413 Yes
Heller, A.A. [s.n. ] United States K002379317 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United States K001613446 Yes
Lindheimer, F. [1223] United States K002379322 Yes
Wray [s.n.] United States K002379325 Yes
{Coulter} [1590] Mexico K002379588 No
Palmer, E.J. [13039] United States K002379337 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [10977] United States K002379316 Yes
Moldenke, H.N. [732] United States K002379320 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] K002379336 Yes
Kerber, E. [220] Mexico K002379592 No
Nash, G.V. [s.n.] United States K002379326 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002379338 Yes
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002379323 Yes
[Gallotti] [s.n.] K002379589 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002379335 Yes
Ehrenberg [777] Mexico K002379590 No
Moldenke, H.N. [732] United States K002379327 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7435] United States K002379321 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K002379585 No
Meyer, K.; Townesmith, A. [1091] United States K002379315 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7799] United States Smilax renifolia K002379465 Yes
Heller, A.A. [1679] United States Smilax renifolia K000400471 Type Yes
Palmer, E.J. [7799] United States Smilax renifolia K002379464 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Smilax hastata K002885437 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Smilax hastata K002885436 Yes
Drummond [591] United States Smilax bona-nox var. hastata K002379332 Yes
Chapman, A.W. [s.n.] United States Smilax bona-nox var. hastata K002379329 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Smilax bona-nox var. hastata K002379331 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States Smilax bona-nox var. hastata K002379330 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States Smilax bona-nox var. hastata K002379328 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Smilax bona-nox var. horrida K002379333 Yes
Pursh, F.T. [121] United States Smilax bona-nox subsp. pandurata K000820846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Torrey. J. [s.n.] United States Smilax bona-nox subsp. pandurata K000820847 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images