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Smilax

Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae, native throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys and smilaxes.…

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Smilax

Nodes351
Edges350
Triples167
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005698
Components1

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Smilax

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related to List of selected species · 115
Smilax → Alph, American, Andreata, Australia, Benth, BlumeSmilax, Bonpl, Br, Canada, ChenSmilax, ConranSmilax, Craib, DC, Decne, Desf, Desv, DuhamelSmilax, Eastern United States, Engelm, Feay
related to Uses · 22
Smilax → American, An, Baba Roots, Beijing, Chinese, Cuban, Din Mahmud, Imad, It, Jam, Jamaica, Jamaican, Köhler's Medicinal Plants, Latin American, Mas, Persian, Rad, Sarzae, Shirazi, Stuffed
related to Description · 9
Smilax → Greenbrier, However, If, June, May, On, Plants, The, They
related to Taxonomy · 8
Smilax → New World, North America, Old World, Section Heterosmilax, Section Nemexia, Section Smilax, Subdivision, The
related to Ecology · 4
Smilax → It, Since, The, This
related to External links · 4
Smilax → Media, Wikimedia Commons Data, Wikispecies, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 2
Smilax → genus of about 300, very damage-tolerant plant capable of growing back from its rhizomes after being cut down or burned down by fire
related to Gallery · 1
Smilax → Hawaiʻi

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dc ex species greenbrier kunth wang tang koyama plants genus sarsaparilla warb also willd griseb china aspera flowers gagnep krause

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Smilaxis agenus of about 3000.90text
Smilaxis avery damage-tolerant plant capable of growing back from its rhizomes after being cut down or burned down by fire0.90text
the smooth herbaceous greenbrierinstance ofthe non-woody species0.80text
Lepidopterainstance ofas will some invertebrates0.80text
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionOn0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionThey0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionGreenbrier0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionHowever0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionPlants0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionMay0.60section
Smilaxrelated to DescriptionJune0.60section

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