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Ranunculaceae - Clematis L.

Description:

  • Perennial, woody climbers or scramblers
  • Stem scandent, sometimes erect; internodes elongate
  • Leaves opposite, usually pinnately or ternately compound with petiole and rachis twining
  • Flowers bisexual or unisexual, in axillary or terminal panicles or sometimes solitary
  • Sepals 4(5-8), petaloid, valvate
  • Petals short or 0
  • Stamens many
  • Carpels many, each with 1 pendulous ovule; style long, villous
  • Fruitlets clustered achenes with persistent, feathery styles
  • x = 8 (6, 13) (high polyploidy)

Nomenclature:

  • Clematis L.
    • Linnaeus: 543 (1753)
    • Linnaeus: 242 (1754)
    • Harvey: 2 (1860)
    • Exell & Milne-Redhead: 89 (1960)
    • Ross: 169 (1972)
    • Tamura: 29 (1993)
    • Thulin: 22 (1993)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Global: Species ± 230, north temperate, south temperate and tropical Africa
  • Southern Africa: Species 4, widespread

References:

  • EXELL, A.W. & MILNE-REDHEAD, E. 1960. Ranunculaceae. Flora zambesiaca 1
  • HARVEY, W.H. 1860. Ranunculaceae. Flora capensis 1
  • LINNAEUS, C. 1753. Species plantarum, edn 1. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
  • LINNAEUS, C. 1754. Genera plantarum, edn 5. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
  • ROSS, J.H. 1972. Flora of Natal. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 39
  • TAMURA, M. 1993. Ranunculaceae. In K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich, The families and genera of vascular plants - dicotyledons 2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin
  • THULIN, M. 1993. Ranunculaceae. Flora of Somalia 1

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