identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03E387D1FFC6A234FF5469E09D65FB83.text	03E387D1FFC6A234FF5469E09D65FB83.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Smilax amamiana Z. S. Sun & P. Li 2016	<div><p>Smilax amamiana Z.S.Sun &amp; P.Li, sp. nov. (Fig. 8)</p> <p>Species nova S. biflora Siebold ex Miq. affinis, sed laminarum late orbiculatum et apex retusus differt.</p> <p>Type:— JAPAN. Kagoshima, Amami Island, Mt. Yuwan, along the trail in the woods, 400–650 m, 7 July 2009, P. Li, A. Naiki BQ0907244 (holotype HZU [HZU 60086148]! isotypes PE!, TI!).</p> <p>Woody perennial, deciduous. Rhizomes creeping; Stems erect, 8–30 cm long, densely branched, flexuous, ribbed, often scattered-prickly. Petioles 2–5mm long, narrowly winged for ca. 2/3 its length, abscission zone just above winged portion; tendrils 0–2mm long; leaf blade thick papery, green, whitish beneath, 3-nerved, broadly ovate to orbicular, 1.2–2.4(–3.0) × 1.4–3.0(–3.5) cm, base rounded to suddenly contracted, apex rounded to retuse, mucronate. Umbels axillary, short-pedunculate, 1–2 flowered; flowers yellow-green, the staminate tepals elliptic obliquely spreading, recurved above, about 3 mm long, the inner whorl narrowly oblong; stamens 6, ca. 1/2 length of the tepals. Berries red, globose, 4–7 mm long.</p> <p>Other specimens seen (paratypes):— JAPAN. Kagoshima, Amami Island: Mt. Naon (= Mt.Yuwan), 16 December 1900, T. Uchiyama s.n. (TI!); Mt. Yuwan, 7 November 1927, S. Saito s.n. (TI!); Mt. Yuwan, 7 May 1936, Y. Ito s.n. (TI!); Mt. Yuwan, 19–24 December 1963, S. Sako 4892 (TI!); Mt. Yuwan, 5 May 1923, G. Koidzumi s.n. (KYO!); Mt. Yuwan, 1924, H. Ohba s.n. (KYO!); Mt. Yuwan, 6 August 2004, H. Kong, K. Nakamura 040785–040790 (HZU!).</p> <p>Distribution and ecology:— Smilax amamiana was known to only occur in Mt. Yuwan of Amami island till now, usually grows on mountain slopes at 400–690 m near the edge of subtropical Castanopsis -dominant evergreen forests.</p> <p>Etymology:—The epithet refers to the type location of the species. Japanese name is “Amami-himekakara” (Hotta 2013: 208).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E387D1FFC6A234FF5469E09D65FB83	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sun, Zhong-Shuai;Zhou, Wenbin;Jin, Xin-Jie;Ohi-Toma, Tetsuo;Li, Pan;Fu, Cheng-Xin	Sun, Zhong-Shuai, Zhou, Wenbin, Jin, Xin-Jie, Ohi-Toma, Tetsuo, Li, Pan, Fu, Cheng-Xin (2016): A tale of two islands: parallel evolution of dwarfism in Smilax biflora (Smilacaceae). Phytotaxa 245 (2): 89-106, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.245.2.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.245.2.1
