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Mention should be made of the greek myth Krokus Mathiastck 23:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wait-a-minute vine[edit]

Any idea which species this is? Tom e r ^talk 04:02, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure what this plant might be if it is a Smilax. However, in the Eastern United States we have a fast growing invasive plant called Mile-A-Minute Weed (Polygonum perfoliatum) which is in the Buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). Perhaps this is what this common name Wait-a-minute vine refers to. Hope this helps. Earthdirt 18:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not at all. The Wait-a-minute vine is from SE Asia. (gsearch) Tom e r ^talk 22:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you click on the link for Polygonum perfoliatum you will see that Mile-a-minute Vine is also from SE Asia originally. Common names are rarely matched closely with one species of plants. Wait-a-minute Vine certainly sounds like an American name for this Asian species, I know of no non-native species of Smilax established in the U.S. The picture on the first page listed on your google search does not look familiar. Good luck. Earthdirt 00:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Wait-a-minute vine" is a name given it by American service personnel in Viet Nam... :-) Tom e r ^talk 00:47, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Selected species[edit]

The list of "Selected species" is way way way too long. And not just because 90 percent of them are red-links. 100+ species as "selected"? Come on, this is wikipedia, not smilaxpedia. The list doesn`t serve any encyclopediac purposes. -- 58.188.96.131 (talk) 22:01, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, we do this for most plant genera (probably a lot of non-plants too). The main debate I've heard about it is whether the lists should be on separate pages (such as List of Croton species), a subject about which I have no strong opinion one way or the other. Kingdon (talk) 22:40, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

First citation needed[edit]

Here's a possible citation for the phrase of the first citation needed. "Other active compounds reported from various greenbrier species are parillin (also sarsaparillin or smilacin), sarsapic acid, sarsapogenin and sarsaponin.[citation needed]": A. Anbarasi, Safety and Pharmacological Profile of Pattai vallathagi, Dissertation, In partial fulfilment of the requirements For the award of the degree of DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (SIDDHA), National Institute of Siddha, Chennai, 2016, page 19 of 122, url = http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/2455/7/320218316anbarasi.pdf. --Marshallsumter (talk) 03:48, 6 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]