Synonymy
Source: Raab-Straube, E. von (2020+): Smilacaceae. - In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Smilax aspera L., Sp. Pl.: 1028. 1753 - =Smilax mauritanica Poir., Voy. Barbarie 2: 263. 1789
- ≡Smilax aspera subsp. mauritanica (Poir.) Arcang., Comp. Fl. Ital., ed. 2: 121. 1894
- =Smilax nigra Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 773. 1806
- =Smilax pendulina Lowe in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4(2): 12. 1833
- =Smilax aspera var. altissima Moris & De Not., Fl. Caprar.: 127. 1839
- =Smilax aspera var. balearica Willk. in Linnaea 40: 22. 1876
- ≡Smilax aspera subsp. balearica (Willk.) Romo, Fl. Silv. Baleares: 338. 1994
