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Smilax pumila

Smilacaceae

catbrier family
Habit Plants perennial; from rhizomes, stolons, or caudices; dioecious.
Stems

erect or climbing, usually prickly, scaly below leaves.
Leaves

simple; leathery, with 3 prominent veins, reticulate venation between prominent veins.
Inflorescences

umbels.
Flowers

unisexual;

tepals 6; in 2 whorls; free.
Staminate flowers

stamens 2–3-whorled.
Pistillate flowers

bearing staminodia;

ovary superior;

pistils 3.
Fruits

berries.
Seeds

1–3.

Smilax pumila

Smilacaceae
Distribution
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Discussion

Cosmopolitan. 4–12 genera; 1 genus treated in Flora.

This family has been included in Liliaceae sensu lato. Its main morphological delineator is that its members are dioecious and have reticulate venation, both uncharacteristic of monocotyledons.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 504
Sibling taxa
S. californica
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