Native to 43 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia; presence uncertain in Malawi, Türkiye-in-Europe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

May 4, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 23, 2005

Location

Greece, Crete, Chania (Apokoronos)

35.4275, 24.189167

Location Remarks

Roadside near Douliana, ca. 20 km east of Chania.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

May 4, 2003

Location

Italy, Abruzzo

42.226111, 14.553611

Location Remarks

Riserva Naturale Torino di Sangro. Strada Communale Lentisco.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Smilacaceae

Genus

Smilax

Specific Epithet

aspera

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 5.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#110,627 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →