Ranunculaceae

Clematis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 543 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. to Tropical Old World Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cabinda, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Azores, Bermuda, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2016). https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12477. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Yang, W.J., Li, L.Q. & Xie, L. (2009). A revision of Clematis sect. Atragene (Ranunculaceae). Journal of systematics and evolution 47: 552-580.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 4.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 242 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 543 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5, 242 (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2020 Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9093] United Kingdom K001400606 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Halliwell, B. [140] Nepal K000634845 No
Jan 1, 2015 Schilling, A.D. [706] Nepal K000634851 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Schilling, A.D. [1098] Nepal K000634849 No
Sep 27, 2005 coll. ign. [s.n.] China K000351661 Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Wilson, E.H. [2479] China K000675119 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1999 Kerr, A.F.G. [2875] Thailand K000498956 Type Yes
Oct 14, 1954 Tsiang, Y. [9509] China K000677963 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1952 Bang, M. [759] Bolivia K000220131 Isotype Yes
Kreisch, W. [92/0732] Morocco K001600658 Yes
Huntley, B.J. [3406] Angola K001604401 Yes
Ekema, S.N. [626] Cameroon K001401647 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3581] China K000675076 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4673] Nepal K001039663 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4673] India K001039662 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, B. [Cat. no. 4674] India K001039664 Unknown Type Material Yes
Frodin; Morren; Gabir [2426] Papua New Guinea K001281812 Yes
Brazil K000075716 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4673] India K001039659 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. [5288] New Zealand K004455748 Yes
Reeve, T.M.; Tari, J. [4841] Papua New Guinea K001281813 Yes
Drége [s.n.] South Africa K004458104 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K004455739 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [605] China K000675072 Unknown Type Material Yes
Noton, E. [Cat. no. 4673] India K001039655 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. [5216] New Zealand K004455740 Yes
Shaw, J. [s.n.] South Africa K004458105 Yes
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 4675] K001039666 Unknown Type Material Yes
Luxen [134] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004456077 Yes
Cooper, T. [1883] South Africa K004458101 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [9862] Thailand K000498950 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3146] Thailand K000498957 Holotype Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [3146] Thailand K000498958 Type Yes
Hobley, G. [(C51)] K:SPC-78235.000 No
Wallich [4674] India K000075705 Type Yes
Luxen [134] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004456078 Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. [5218] New Zealand K004455741 Yes
Lace, J.H. [4011] K000677947 Unknown Type Material Yes
Grey-Wilson, C.; Hewer, T.F. [1386] Afghanistan K000677942 Type Yes
Schweinitz [s.n.] United States K000675286 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.C [2009-0901] Kyrgyzstan K000696533 Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. [5288] New Zealand K004455743 Yes
Hayata, B. [s.n.] Taiwan K000677961 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4673] K001039657 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4673] K001039654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vannachak, V.; Ridsdale, C.E.; Satdychanh, M. [BT 1067] Laos K001906097 Yes
Simbiano, F.J.; Diabaté, M.; Konaté, L. [422] Guinea K001970306 No
Lin, Y.-L.; Bing-Yi, H. [TCMK 823] China K001935273 No
Jurion [177] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004456080 Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. [5217] New Zealand K004455745 Yes
Burchell, W., J. [2104] South Africa K000075998 Type Yes
Ghesquiére [3594] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004456076 Yes
Sutherland [s.n.] South Africa K004458103 Yes
Hendrickx, F.L. [1340] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004456079 Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B.; Cooper, R. [5107C] New Zealand K004455742 Yes
Rudatis, H. [[3421]] South Africa K004458100 Yes
Takeuchi, W.; Damas, K. [4405] Papua New Guinea K001281804 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4673] K001039660 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maggs, C.H. [36] New Zealand K004455749 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4674] K001039665 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Fisher, F.J.F. [5445] New Zealand K004455747 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4673] K001039656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Edwards, S.M. Nepal K:SPC-54046.000 No
Lyall, Dr. [169] Madagascar K000076021 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-07610.000 No
Schilling, A.D. [1098] Nepal K000634850 No
Baron, R. [2297] Madagascar K000076028 Unknown Type Material Yes
Esquirol, J. [[264]] China K000675093 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drege [s.n.] South Africa K004458102 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [605] China K000675071 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rico, L.; UMSS students [1565] Bolivia K000295305 Yes
Kamrup [Cat. no. 4673] India K001039661 Unknown Type Material Yes
Melville, R.; Moore, L.B. [5234] New Zealand K004455744 Yes
Melville, R. [5217] New Zealand K004455746 Yes
Dacrémont [270] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K004456081 Yes
Gueingins [s.n.] South Africa K000076002 Type Yes
Hayata, B. [s.n.] Taiwan K000677960 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4671] Burma K001039651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich [4675] India K000075706 Type Yes
[Gregg] [338] United States K000675287 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4673] K001039658 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1949 Homblé [828] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Clematopsis K000075993 Type No
unknown [5054] Congo, Democratic Republic of the Clematopsis K000075992 Type No
Baron, R. [2004] Madagascar Clematopsis K000076014 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dec 1, 1954 Kerr, A.F.G. [2903] Thailand Naravelia K000498798 Yes
Oct 26, 1954 McGregor, R.C. [8828] Philippines Naravelia K000694105 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4686] Naravelia K001039688 Type Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 4685] Naravelia K001039687 Unknown Type Material Yes
Porter, G. [Cat. no. 4685] Malaysia Naravelia K001039686 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0