Heterosmilax
genus of plants
Heterosmilax was considered a genus of flowering plants in the family Smilacaceae. It was native to southern China and Southeast Asia. Subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies showed that it was embedded within another genus, Smilax and was reduced to a section within that genus.
Species
Heterosmilax borneensis A.DC. - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra
Heterosmilax chinensis F.T.Wang - Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana (Kunth) Maxim - Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan
Heterosmilax longiflora K.Y.Guan & Noltie - Yunnan
Heterosmilax micrandra T.Koyama - Hainan
Heterosmilax micrantha (Blume) Bakh.f. - Java
Heterosmilax paniculata Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam
Heterosmilax pertenuis (T.Koyama) T.Koyama - Thailand
Heterosmilax polyandra Gagnep. - Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Thailand
Heterosmilax seisuiensis (Hayata) F.T.Wang & Tang - Taiwan
Heterosmilax septemnervia F.T.Wang & Tang - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
Heterosmilax yunnanensis Gagnep.
“Heterosmilax” enters the record as genus of plants. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Heterosmilax, genus and plants can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q616711. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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