Common name
English: Common Greenbrier
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Liliales (111)
Family: Smilacaceae (6)(family description)
Genus: Smilax (6)
Epithet: rotundifolia L. (7)
Synonyms: Smilax caduca L., Smilax deltifolia Raf., Smilax engelmanniana Kunth
caduca => falling of dropping off
engelmanniana => in honor of Georg Engelmann (1809-1884), German born American botanist and physician
rotundifolia => referring to the rounded leaves
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: liana
Flower colour: beige
External links
Check for Smilax rotundifolia at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [127] Species information: fact sheet
- [699] Smilax rotundifolia - Plants For A Future database