Smilax lanceolata Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1031. 1753.

"Habitat in Virginia." RCN: 7448.

Type not designated.

Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 110, f. 4. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 349. 1696.

Current name: Smilax lanceolata L. ( Smilacaceae).

Note: See discussion of this name by Fernald (in Rhodora 46: 39-42. 1944) and Wilbur (in Sida 14: 42. 1990).