Clematis Linnaeus. Subfamily: Ranunculoideae. Tribe: Anemoneae. Common name: Clematis, Virgin's-bower.
Contributed by Thomas Murphy, Zach Irick, Dwayne Estes, and Alan Weakley
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.
ID notes: Additional species of Clematis, mainly of Asian or European origin, are cultivated as ornamentals and might be encountered.
References: Essig (1990); Estes (2006); Floden (2013); Harris et al. (2024); 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); Murphy, Harris, & Estes (2022); Pringle (1971); Pringle (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Tamura (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Weber (1995). Show full citations.
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