Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Smilax
27. Smilax menispermoidea A. de Candolle in A. de Candolle & C. de Candolle; Monogr. Phan. 1: 108. 1878.
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Smilax luteocaulis H. Léveillé; S. rubriflora Rehder.
Vines deciduous; climbing; unarmed. Stem branched; terete; 0.5--3 m; woody. Petiole 5--12 mm; abaxially striate-ridged; narrowly winged for 2/3--3/4 its length; wings apically confluent to petiole; abscission zone apical; tendrils usually present. Leaf blade abaxially glaucous; ovate or elliptic-ovate; 2--6(--10) x 2--5(--7) cm. Inflorescence of 1 umbel; basally not prophyllate; peduncle 2--4 cm; umbels of both sexes 5--15-flowered; base scarcely thickened. Male flowers: tepals purplish red; ca. 2.5 x 1 mm; stamens 0.6--1 mm; filaments basally connate; forming a short column. Female flowers: tepals subequaling male ones; staminodes 6; sometimes antheriferous. Berries purplish black; globose; 7--10 mm in diam. Fl. May--Jun; fr. Oct--Nov.
Forests; thickets; shaded places on slopes; 2600--3700 m. Gansu; Guizhou; Hubei; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; N India; Myanmar; Sikkim].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Smilax
27. Smilax menispermoidea A. de Candolle in A. de Candolle & C. de Candolle; Monogr. Phan. 1: 108. 1878.
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Smilax luteocaulis H. Léveillé; S. rubriflora Rehder.
Vines deciduous; climbing; unarmed. Stem branched; terete; 0.5--3 m; woody. Petiole 5--12 mm; abaxially striate-ridged; narrowly winged for 2/3--3/4 its length; wings apically confluent to petiole; abscission zone apical; tendrils usually present. Leaf blade abaxially glaucous; ovate or elliptic-ovate; 2--6(--10) x 2--5(--7) cm. Inflorescence of 1 umbel; basally not prophyllate; peduncle 2--4 cm; umbels of both sexes 5--15-flowered; base scarcely thickened. Male flowers: tepals purplish red; ca. 2.5 x 1 mm; stamens 0.6--1 mm; filaments basally connate; forming a short column. Female flowers: tepals subequaling male ones; staminodes 6; sometimes antheriferous. Berries purplish black; globose; 7--10 mm in diam. Fl. May--Jun; fr. Oct--Nov.
Forests; thickets; shaded places on slopes; 2600--3700 m. Gansu; Guizhou; Hubei; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; N India; Myanmar; Sikkim].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Liliaceae | Smilax
27. Smilax menispermoidea A. de Candolle in A. de Candolle & C. de Candolle; Monogr. Phan. 1: 108. 1878.
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Smilax luteocaulis H. Léveillé; S. rubriflora Rehder.
Vines deciduous; climbing; unarmed. Stem branched; terete; 0.5--3 m; woody. Petiole 5--12 mm; abaxially striate-ridged; narrowly winged for 2/3--3/4 its length; wings apically confluent to petiole; abscission zone apical; tendrils usually present. Leaf blade abaxially glaucous; ovate or elliptic-ovate; 2--6(--10) x 2--5(--7) cm. Inflorescence of 1 umbel; basally not prophyllate; peduncle 2--4 cm; umbels of both sexes 5--15-flowered; base scarcely thickened. Male flowers: tepals purplish red; ca. 2.5 x 1 mm; stamens 0.6--1 mm; filaments basally connate; forming a short column. Female flowers: tepals subequaling male ones; staminodes 6; sometimes antheriferous. Berries purplish black; globose; 7--10 mm in diam. Fl. May--Jun; fr. Oct--Nov.
Forests; thickets; shaded places on slopes; 2600--3700 m. Gansu; Guizhou; Hubei; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan [Bhutan; N India; Myanmar; Sikkim].