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Ranunculaceae
Clematis

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, 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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image of plant© Will Stuart | Clematis viorna
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Clematis socialis CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis virginiana | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Clematis viorna | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Clematis fremontii, Fruit, Limestone Glade, Hamilton County, Tennessee 1 by Alan Cressler | Clematis fremontii source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis coactilis | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Clematis virginiana | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Clematis glaucophylla CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Clematis catesbyana | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Clematis socialis | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Emily Oglesby | Clematis ochroleuca
image of plant© Samantha Heller, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Samantha Heller | Clematis versicolor source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Clematis fremontii, Fruit, Floyd County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Clematis fremontii source
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Clematis glaucophylla, above Chickamauga Creek, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler | Clematis glaucophylla source
image of plant© Will Stuart | Clematis ochroleuca | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis ochroleuca | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Clematis baldwinii | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis catesbyana | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Clematis pitcheri var. pitcheri source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Clematis baldwinii source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Clematis terniflora source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Clematis viorna | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Clematis crispa
image of plant© Erik Danielson | Clematis virginiana source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Clematis subreticulata, Big Lazer Creek Wildlife Management Area, Flint River, Talbot County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Clematis subreticulata source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sonnia Hill | Clematis pitcheri var. pitcheri | Original Image ⭷
image of plantno rights reserved, uploaded by Alan Weakley | Clematis texensis source | Original Image ⭷

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