Ranunculaceae
Clematis

Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC.

First published in Syst. Nat. 1: 164 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Afghanistan to Taiwan. It is a climber and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Assam, Bangladesh, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Taiwan, Tibet, West Himalaya

Introduced into:

Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1984). Flora of Bhutan 1(2): 189-462. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • M.Iranshahr, K.H.Rechinger, H.Riedl (1992). Flora Iranica 171: 1-249. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Mehboob-ur-Rahman (2012). Wild plants of Swat, Pakistan 1: 1-281. Department of botany, govt. Jehanzeb post graduate college.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Tanaka, N., Kadota, Y. & Murata, J. (2010). New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (6): Ranunculaceae of Mt. Victoria, Chin State, Myanmar. The Journal of Japanese Botany 85: 199-212.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2001). Flora of China 6: 1-511. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • M.Iranshahr, K.H.Rechinger, H.Riedl (1992). Flora Iranica 171: 1-249. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2015 Stonor, C.R. [29] Nepal K000634823 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Barclay, C.; Synge, P.M. [2373] Nepal K000634820 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Schilling, A.D., et al. [400] Nepal K000634852 Yes
Jan 1, 2015 Halliwell, B. [116] Nepal K000634824 Yes
Jul 1, 2013 Schilling, A.D. [782] Nepal K000634822 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [2461] China K000675079 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 4681] India K001039679 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watt, G. [6439] India K000675138 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watt, G. [6439] India K000675136 Unknown Type Material Yes
[E.J.C.] [4681B] Bhutan K000675135 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4681] Nepal K001039678 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 4681] Nepal K001039677 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watt, G. [6439] India K000675137 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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