''Heterosmilax'' was considered a

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. It was native to southern

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within that genus. ; Species * '' Heterosmilax borneensis'' A.DC. - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * '' Heterosmilax chinensis'' F.T.Wang - Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan * '' Heterosmilax gaudichaudiana'' (Kunth) Maxim - Vietnam, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan * '' Heterosmilax longiflora'' K.Y.Guan & Noltie - Yunnan * '' Heterosmilax micrandra'' T.Koyama - Hainan * '' Heterosmilax micrantha'' (Blume) Bakh.f. - Java * '' Heterosmilax paniculata'' Gagnep. - Cambodia, Vietnam * '' Heterosmilax pertenuis'' (T.Koyama) T.Koyama - Thailand * '' Heterosmilax polyandra'' Gagnep. - Yunnan, Assam, Laos, Thailand * '' Heterosmilax seisuiensis'' (Hayata) F.T.Wang & Tang - Taiwan * '' Heterosmilax septemnervia'' F.T.Wang & Tang - Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan * '' Heterosmilax yunnanensis'' Gagnep. - Yunnan

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