Species Clematis

large, dark purple clematis flower white finger stamens in sunlight



purple clematis



clematis armandii



clematis multi blue



clematis florida



c. montana



flowers of c. vitalba



seed heads of c. vitalba growing in hedge, showing why known colloquially old man s beard



achenes



fruits of c. dioica in guanacaste, costa rica



c. terniflora seed cluster

a partial list of species:

clematis addisonii britt. – addison s leather flower
clematis albicoma wherry – whitehair leather flower
clematis alpina (l.) mill. – alpine clematis
clematis aristata r.br. ex ker gawl.
clematis armandii – armand clematis
clematis baldwinii torr. & a.gray – pine hyacinth
clematis bigelovii torr. – bigelow clematis
clematis brachiata thunb. – traveller s joy
clematis campaniflora brot. – portuguese clematis
clematis catesbyana – satin curls
clematis chinensis osbeck – wei ling xian in chinese (chinese: 威靈仙; pinyin: wei ling xian)
clematis chrysocoma franch. – gold wool clematis
clematis cirrhosa l. – includes freckles , wisley cream , , jingle bells cultivars

clematis cirrhosa v. balearica (balearic islands)


clematis coactilis (fern.) keener – virginia whitehair leather flower
clematis columbiana (nutt.) torr. & a.gray – british columbia virgin s bower
clematis crispa l. – curly virgin s bower
clematis cunninghamii
clematis dioica l. – cabellos de angel
clematis drummondii torr. & a.gray – drummond clematis
clematis durandii
clematis fawcettii f.muell.
clematis flammula l. – fragrant virgin s bower
clematis florida thunb. – asian clematis
clematis fremontii s.watson – fremont s leather flower
clematis glaucophylla small – whiteleaf leather flower
clematis glycinoides dc. – headache vine
clematis gouriana
clematis henryi oliv.
clematis hirsutissima pursh – hairy clematis
clematis integrifolia l.
clematis ispahanica bioss
clematis × jackmanii t.moore – jackman s clematis
clematis koreana kom. – korean clematis
clematis lanuginosa lindl. & paxton
clematis lasiantha nutt. – pipestem clematis
clematis leptophylla (f.muell. ex benth.) h.eichler
clematis ligusticifolia nutt. – western white clematis, hierba de chivo
clematis macropetala ledeb. – downy clematis
clematis mandshurica
clematis marmoraria sneddon – new zealand dwarf clematis
clematis microphylla dc. – small-leaved clematis
clematis montana buch.-ham. ex dc. – anemone clematis
clematis morefieldii kral – huntsville vasevine
clematis napaulensis dc.
clematis occidentalis (hornem.) dc. – western blue virginsbower
clematis ochroleuca ait. – curlyheads
clematis orientalis l. – chinese clematis
clematis palmeri rose – palmer clematis
clematis paniculata j.f.gmel. – puawhananga
clematis patens c.morren & decne.
clematis pauciflora nutt. – ropevine clematis
clematis pickeringii a.gray
clematis pitcheri torr. & a.gray – bluebill
clematis recta l. – ground clematis
clematis reticulata walter – netleaf leather flower
clematis rhodocarpa rose
clematis smilacifolia wall.
clematis socialis kral – alabama leather flower
clematis stans siebold & zucc. – kusabotan
clematis tangutica (maxim.) korsh. – golden clematis
clematis terniflora dc. – sweet autumn clematis
clematis ternifolia (syn. clematis paniculata)
clematis texensis buckley – scarlet leather flower
clematis versicolor – manycolored leather flower
clematis verticillaris – purple virgins bower
clematis viorna l. – vasevine, traveller s joy
clematis virginiana l. – devil s darning needles, virginia bower
clematis vitalba l. – traveller s joy, old man s beard
clematis viticaulis e.steele – millboro leather flower
clematis viticella l. – italian leather flower, purple clematis

formerly placed here

akebia trifoliata (thunb.) koidz. (as c. trifoliata thunb.)
naravelia zeylanica (l.) dc. (as c. zeylanica (l.) poir.)

subdivisions

one recent classification recognised 297 species of clematis, not surprising taxonomists , gardeners subdivide genus. several classification systems exist.

magnus johnson divided clematis 19 sections, several subsections. christopher grey-wilson divided genus 9 subgenera (clematis, cheiropsis, flammula, archiclematis, campanella, atragene, tubulosae, pseudanemone, viorna), several sections , subsections within them. several of subdivisions consistent between these 2 systems; example, of grey-wilson s subgenera used sections johnson. alternatively, john howell defined twelve groups: evergreen, alpina, macropetala, montana, rockery, large-flowered, late large-flowered, herbaceous, viticella, texensis, orientalis, , late mixed groups. thorncroft clematis, published catalogue of 2000 8 subdivisions of clematis refined 2006 16, being armandii, atragene, cirrhosa, diversifolia, flammula, florida, forsteri, heracleifolia, integrifolia, montana, tangutica, texensis, viticella, large flowered, late large flowered , species. part gardening public can understand these groups , yet grouping system offers enough diversity divide clematis meaningful groups classification purposes. rhs published international clematis register , checklist 2002 acknowledges wim snoeijer of netherlands proposer of of these new groups , influenced thorncroft clematis in way subdivisions established.

many of popular garden forms cultivars belonging viticella section of subgenus flammula defined grey-wilson. these larger-flowered cultivars used within garden designs climb archways, pergolas, or wall-mounted trellises, or grow through companion plants. these forms have large 12–15 cm diameter upward-facing flowers , believed involve crosses of c. patens, c. lanuginosa, , c. viticella. early-season, large-flowering forms such nelly moser tend towards natural flowering habit of c. patens or c. lanuginosa while later-flowering forms such ×jackmanii nearer in habit c. viticella.