Smilax maritimaFeay ex Alph.Wood

lanceleaf greenbrier

WFO wfo-0000839203 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Smilax maritima, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. a Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 194052156
Smilax maritima, photographed by Daniel Patterson
fig. b Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192433175
Smilax maritima, photographed by Nonbinary-Naturalist
fig. c Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192537804
Smilax maritima, photographed by Nonbinary-Naturalist
fig. d Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0 1.0 / obs. 191204037
Smilax maritima, photographed by Mike Tilley
fig. e Mike Tilley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186917845
Smilax maritima, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. f Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186755584
Smilax maritima, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. g Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184933246
Smilax maritima, photographed by Mike Duran
fig. h Mike Duran, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183289844

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Smilax maritima is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTexas DelawareDistrict of Columbia
Native distribution of Smilax maritima, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
South Carolina SCA
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Smilax cinnamomifolia Small
  • Smilax ovata Pursh
  • Smilax ovata var. buckleyi A.DC.
  • Smilax smallii Morong

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol SMSM. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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