Notes on the genus Clematis (Ranunculaceae) (Ⅰ)

›› 2000, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 305-336.

WANG Wen-Tsai

Abstract:

( 1 ) Some taxonomical problems of the genus Clematis mainly about misidentifications

are discussed, and some treatments including the reinstatement of Clematis montana var. brevifoli-

ola Kuntze, C. apiifolia var. biternata Makino, C. subumbellata Kurz, C. goudotiana Planch.

& Triana, C. insidiosa Baill., C. kockiana Schneid. and C. longicauda A. Rich., and the re-

duction of subsect. Africanae M. Johnson, C. umbellifera Gagnep., C. pubescens Benth., C.

rhodocarpa Rose, C. edentata Baker, C. stoltzi Engler, C. tibetana ssp. vernayi var. dentata

Grey-Wilson, C. clarkeana var. stenophylla Hand.-Mazz., C. subfalcata Pei ex M.Y. Fang,

C. angustifoliola W. T. Wang, C. dasyandra var. polyantha Finet & Gagnep. etc are given.

(2) The new diagnoses for the two subsections of the sect. Meclatis are provided; C. sericea H.B.

K. ex DC. and C. grossa Benth. are treated as two varieties of one species; and a new classifica-

tion of the infraspecific taxa of C. hirsuta Perr & Guill. is made. (3) one subsection, one series,

eight species and one variety are described as new. (4) The new occurrences of C. montana var.

brevifoliola Kuntze in southern Xizang, China, Nepal, Bhutan and northern Myanmar, C. burmani-

ca Lace in southwestern Yunnan, C. armandii Franch. in Assam, India and northern Myanmar,

and C. yui W. T. Wang in northern Myanmar are reported.

Key words: Clematis, Taxonomical problems, New taxa, New distribution record

WANG Wen-Tsai. Notes on the genus Clematis (Ranunculaceae) (Ⅰ)[J]. , 2000, 38(4): 305-336.

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