TABLE 1 in Taxonomic Reconciliation of Smilacaceae in the Indian Subcontinent: Synonymy, Typification, Updated Inventory, and a Vegetative Key for Identification

TABLE 1. Checklist of Smilax taxa in the Indian subcontinent [(+) Presence, (-) absence] Sr.noSpeciesBangladeshBhutanIndiaMaldivesNepalPakistanSri Lanka1S. arisanensis Hayata--+----2S. aspera Linnaeus+++-+++3S. biumbellata Koyama--+----4S. blumei De Candolle--+----5S. bockii Warburg ex Diels-++-+--6S. china Linnaeus--+----7S. davidiana De Candolle--+----8S. elegans subsp. elegans De Candolle+++-++-9S. elegans subsp. osmastonii (Wang & Tang) Noltie++-+--10S. ferox Wallich ex Kunth+++-+--11S. glabra Roxburgh+-+----12S. griffithii De Candolle+-+----13S. hemsleyana Craib--+----14S. lanceifolia Roxburgh+++-+--15S. luzonensis Presl--+----16S. megacarpa De Candolle--+----17S. menispermoidea De Candolle-++-+--18S. microphylla Wright----+--19S. minutiflora De Candolle+++-+--20S. munita Chen-++-+--21S. myrtillus De Candolle-++-+--22S. ocreata De Candolle+-+-+--23S. odoratissima Blume+++-+--24S. orthoptera De Candolle+++-+--25S. ovalifolia De Candolle+++-++-26S. perfoliata Loureiro+++-+-+27S. polyacantha Wallich--+----28S. polyandra (Gagnepain) Li & Fu--+----29S. prolifera Roxburgh+++----30S. pseudochina Linnaeus+------31S. quadrata De Candolle--+----32S. sailenii Sarma, Baruah & Borthakur--+----33S. turbans Wang & Tang--+----34S. vaginata Decaisne--+-++-35S. wightii De Candolle--+-+--36S. zeylanica Linnaeus+-+-+-+