Smilax zeylanica Linnaeus (1753:1029)

= Smilax quadrumbellata Koyama (1967:189), syn. nov.

Specimens examined:— INDIA. Bihar: Donk Bridge-Kishanganj, 2 September 1960, H. Kanai & G. Murata 5650 (TI!) ; West Bengal: Calcutta, Komurah Kali, 27 March 1960, H. Hara et al. 5649 (TI!) ; Goa: Betim-Bartez, 07 November 1962, Seshagiri Rao Rolla 84388 (BSI!), Durgin forest, 30 August 1963, K.C. Kanodia 89664 (CAL!) , Mollem, Belgaum Road, 17 September 1970, N.P. Singh 124263 (CAL!) , Chimbel reservoir to Brahmapuri temple, 9 November 1963, Seshagiri Rao Rolla 92902 (CAL!) ; Kerala: Idukki, Manikandan Chal-Puiyamkutty, 10 July 1988, P. Bhargavan 87440 (CAL!) , Palakkad, Silent Valley, Campsite, 4 December 1981, Prasannan SV10226 (CALI!) , Palghat, Siruvani river bank- Chittoor-Agali, 675 m, 25 February 1979, E. Vajravelu 60660 (CAL!) , Thiruvananthapuram, Bonacaud, 03 August 1978, M. Mohana 58530 (CAL!) , Tenmalav, 12 September 1913, C.C. Calder & M.S. Ramaswami 861 (CAL!) , Thiruvananthapuram, Thorav, 29 August 1913, C.C. Calder & M.S. Ramaswami 334A, Thiruvananthapuram, Way to Vethura from Bonacaud, 650 m, 23 May 1979, M. Mohanan 63227 (CAL!) ; Maharashtra: Amboli, 10 February 2021, R.K. Choudhary & Satishkumar Maurya 136 (AHMA!) ; Pune, Mulshi, R.K. Choudhary et al. 1490, 1491 (AHMA!) , Tamhini, P.P. Sharma 22 (AHMA!) , Tasgaon, 23 October 2021, Geetika Sukhramani et al. 1495, 1496, 1497 (AHMA!); South Andaman: s.loc, 11 March 1893, Dr. King’s Collector s.n. (CAL!); Tamil Nadu: Way to Valve house, upper Kodayar, 30 November 1980, A.N. Henry 68875 (CAL!) .