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Ranunculaceae
Clematis

not marked as a favorite taxon *Clematis Linnaeus. Common name: Clematis, Virgin's-bower.

Contributed by Thomas Murphy, Zach Irick, Dwayne Estes, and Alan Weakley

Key to Clematis

A genus of about 295 species, shrubs, vines, and suffruticose herbs, of Eurasia, North America, South America, Africa, Madagascar, and Oceania. W.A. Weber (1995) proposed generic status (as Coriflora W.A. Weber) for the leatherflowers, here treated as Clematis, subgenus Viorna.

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Subfamily: Ranunculoideae. Tribe: Anemoneae.

ID notes: Additional species of Clematis, of Asian or European origin, are cultivated as ornamentals and might be encountered.

References: Essig (1990); Estes (2006); Floden (2013); Keener (1967); Keener (1975); Keener (2017) In Weakley et al. (2017); Krakowiak, Shelton, & Shaw (2019); Moreno & Essig (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Murphy (2020); Pringle (1971); Pringle (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Tamura In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Weber (1995). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Clematis© Will Stuart | Clematis viorna
image #2 of Clematis© Richard & Teresa Ware | Clematis socialis CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Clematis© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis virginiana | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Clematis© Bruce A. Sorrie | Clematis viorna | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Clematis© Alan Cressler: Clematis fremontii, Fruit, Limestone Glade, Hamilton County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler | Clematis fremontii source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Clematis© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis coactilis | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Clematis© Alan M. Cressler | Clematis virginiana | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Clematis© Richard & Teresa Ware | Clematis glaucophylla CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #9 of Clematis© Bruce A. Sorrie | Clematis catesbyana | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Clematis© Alan M. Cressler | Clematis socialis | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Clematis© Emily Oglesby | Clematis ochroleuca
image #12 of Clematis© Samantha Heller, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Samantha Heller | Clematis versicolor source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Clematis© Alan Cressler: Clematis fremontii, Fruit, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Clematis fremontii source
image #14 of Clematis© Alan Cressler: Clematis glaucophylla, above Chickamauga Creek, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler | Clematis glaucophylla source
image #15 of Clematis© Will Stuart | Clematis ochroleuca | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Clematis© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis ochroleuca | Original Image ⭷
image #17 of Clematis© Alan M. Cressler | Clematis baldwinii | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Clematis© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis catesbyana | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Clematis© Aidan Campos | Clematis pitcheri var. pitcheri source | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Clematis© Jay Horn | Clematis baldwinii source | Original Image ⭷
image #21 of Clematis© Aidan Campos | Clematis terniflora source | Original Image ⭷
image #22 of Clematis© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis viorna | Original Image ⭷
image #23 of Clematis© Scott Ward | Clematis crispa
image #24 of Clematis© Erik Danielson | Clematis virginiana source | Original Image ⭷
image #25 of Clematis© Alan Cressler: Clematis subreticulata, Big Lazer Creek Wildlife Management Area, Flint River, Talbot County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Clematis species 5 source | Original Image ⭷
image #26 of Clematis© Sonnia Hill | Clematis pitcheri var. pitcheri | Original Image ⭷
image #27 of Clematisno rights reserved, uploaded by Alan Weakley | Clematis texensis source | Original Image ⭷

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