Spermatophyta: Monocotyledonae: Liliales
Smilacaceae
- Smilax family
Diniz, M.A. (2009)
Smilacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(2)
Obermeyer, A.A. (1992)
Smilacaceae Flora of Southern Africa 5(3)
Description of the family
Climbing shrubs with tough perennial prickly stems. Leaves alternate with a pair of tendrils near base of petiole; lamina with 3-5 strong veins. Flowers unisexual, actinomorphic in axillary umbels. Tepals in 2 whorls of 3, free, petaloid. Male flowers with 6 free stamens;ovary 0. Female flowers with 6 staminodes; ovary 3-locular; style 0 or short. Fruit a berry with 1-3 spherical seeds. Worldwide: 3 genera and 320 species in tropical and warm areas. Zambia: 1 genus and 2 taxa. |
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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.
(2023).
Flora of Zambia: Family page: Smilacaceae. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=210, retrieved 23 September 2023
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