Smilax bona-nox Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1030. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina." RCN: 7446.

Lectotype (designated here by Reveal): [icon] " Smilax foliis latis in margine spinosis Caroliniana, stipite leni quadrato, et Smilax Caroliniana, stipite quadrato leni, foliis angustis asperis auriculis ad basim angulosis" in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 111, f. 1, 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 348. 1696. - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 98: 49 (BM-SL) .

Current name: Smilax bona - nox L. ( Smilacaceae).

Note: Huft (in Davidse & al., Fl. Mesoamericana 6: 23. 1994) indicated Beyrich s.n. as the type. It is, however, not original material for the name.