Plant Details

Accepted name:: Smilax bona-nox L. [Smilacaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
saw greenbrier	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Smilax alpini Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 67 (1814).
Smilax asperovariabilis Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 618 (1807).
Smilax bermudensis Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 1: 241 (1803).
Smilax bona-nox var. exauriculata Fernald Rhodora 46: 36 (1944).
Smilax bona-nox var. hastata A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 79 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox subsp. hederifolia A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 77 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox var. hederifolia (A.DC.) Fernald Rhodora 46: 36 (1944).
Smilax bona-nox var. horrida (Poir.) A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 78 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis Coker ex Sorrie Phytoneuron 2014-16: 1 (2014).
Smilax bona-nox subsp. pandurata (Pursh) A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 177 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox var. plukenetii A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 78 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox subsp. polyodonta A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 78 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox var. rubens A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 78 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox var. senticosa (Kunth) A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 79 (1878).
Smilax bona-nox subsp. wrightii A.DC. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 1: 78 (1878).
Smilax cantab Lynch Garden (London, 1871-1927) 56: 505 (1899).
Smilax hastata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 782 (1806), nom. illeg.
Smilax hederifolia Beyr. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 209 (1850), not validly publ.
Smilax horrida Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 24 (1817).
Smilax lomoplis Raf. Autik. Bot.: 128 (1840).
Smilax medica M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 9(2): 390 (1842), nom. illeg.
Smilax pandurata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 251 (1813).
Smilax platycentron Schltdl. Linnaea 18: 452 (1844).
Smilax platycentron f. emarginata Schltdl. Linnaea 18: 453 (1845).
Smilax platycentron f. hastata Schltdl. Linnaea 18: 454 (1845).
Smilax pseudosarsa Vis. Index Seminum (PAD, Patavium) 1839: [s.p.] (1839).
Smilax pubens Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 67 (1814).
Smilax renifolia Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 608 (1898).
Smilax rubens P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 108 (1825).
Smilax senticosa Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 209 (1850).
Smilax variegata Walter Fl. Carol.: 244 (1788).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Smilax bona-nox L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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