Smilax spinosa Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 8): no. 8. 1768 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax obtusa Benth., Bot. Voy. Sulph.: 175. 1846 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax mexicana Griseb. ex Kunth, Enum. pl. 5: 167. 1850 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax costaricae Vatke in Linnaea 40: 223. 1876 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax mexicana var. costaricae (Vatke) A.DC., Monogr. phan. 1: 117. 1878 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax mexicana var. inermifolia A.DC., Monogr. phan 1: 117. 1878 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax wagneriana A.DC., Monogr. phan 1: 143. 1878 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax mazatlanensis Sessé & Moc., Pl. Nov. Hisp., ed. 2: 159. 1893 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax gaumeri Millsp. in Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 1: 357. 1898 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Smilax lundellii Killip & C.V. Morton in Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461: 265, t. 2. 1936 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008