View source for Smilax havanensis

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|accepted_name=Smilax havanensis
|accepted_authority=Jacquin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|place=33. 1760
|year=1760
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax coriacea
|authority=Sprengel
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax coriacea var. ilicifolia
|authority=O. E. Schulz
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax guianensis var. subarmata
|authority=O. E. Schulz
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax havanensis var. portoricensis
|authority=A. de Candolle
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax ilicifolia
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax subarmata
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Smilacaceae;Smilax;Smilax havanensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Smilacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Smilax]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Smilax havanensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 470
|treatment_page=page 473
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Vines; rhizomes short. <b>Stems</b> perennial, climbing, branching, ± woody, glabrous, ± unarmed, to stunted, rigid (shrublike), densely armed; prickles pale green with dark tips, recurved, flattened, stout, 1–2 mm; stems (especially in nodal areas) with small, waxlike nodules often connected by arachnoid filaments. <b>Leaves</b> evergreen, ± evenly disposed; petiole 0.5–2 cm; blade variable, dull green, thick, narrowly oblong-elliptic, elliptic-ovate, or oval, conspicuously veined, 2–19 × 0.6–13.5 cm, not glaucous or pubescent, base pointed to rounded to narrowly cordate, margins spinose, or sometimes entire with thick edges, apex abruptly mucronate, spiny, or emarginate. <b>Umbels</b> few to numerous, axillary to leaves, few to numerous-flowered, ± open; peduncle to 1.6 cm, ± equaling or shorter than subtending petiole. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth green; tepals ca. 1.5 mm; ovule 1 per locule. <b>Berries</b> purplish black, globose, sometimes pointed, ca. 6 mm, not glaucous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Pinelands and hammocks
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies.
|discussion=<p><i>Smilax havanensis</i> is unusually variable in habit, leaf shape, amount of spines (particularly on the leaf margins), and shape of fruit.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Smilax havanensis
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Smilax coriacea;Smilax coriacea var. ilicifolia;Smilax guianensis var. subarmata;Smilax havanensis var. portoricensis;Smilax ilicifolia;Smilax subarmata
|basionyms=
|family=Smilacaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Pinelands and hammocks
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies.
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|publication year=1760
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_986.xml
|genus=Smilax
|species=Smilax havanensis
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