Heterosmilax
| Heterosmilax | |
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| Heterosmilax japonica | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Monocots | 
| Order: | Liliales | 
| Family: | Smilacaceae | 
| Genus: | Smilax | 
| Section: | Kunth  | 
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Heterosmilax was considered a genus of flowering plants in the family Smilacaceae. It was native to southern China and Southeast Asia.[1][2] Subsequent molecular phylogenetic studies showed that it was embedded within another genus, Smilax and was reduced to a section within that genus. [3]
- 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. - Yunnan
 
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
 - ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 115, 肖菝葜属 xiao ba qia shu, Heterosmilax Kunth, Enum. Pl. 5: 270. 1850.
 - ^ Qi, Zhechen; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Li, Pan; Zhao, Yunpeng; Chen, Shichao; Chen, Guangcun; Fu, Chengxin (December 2013). "Phylogenetics, character evolution, and distribution patterns of the greenbriers, Smilacaceae (Liliales), a near-cosmopolitan family of monocots". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 173 (4): 535–548. doi:10.1111/boj.12096.
 
