Clematis australis Kirk
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Clematis australis Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 3 (1899)
Nomenclature
Kirk
Kirk
1899
3
ICN
Clematis australis Kirk
species
Clematis australis
Classification
Subordinates
Descriptions
Clematis australis Kirk
Liane with slender stems and branches, climbing over shrubs and small trees; branchlets very slender, grooved, ± pubescent, becoming glab. Lvs 3-foliolate, subcoriac. to submembr., glab., on petioles up to 5 cm. or more long; petiolules ± pubescent, c. 1-2 cm. long. Lflts 2-3·5 cm. long, pinnate below, pinnatisect to pinnatifid above; pinnae up to 1·5 cm. long, rarely more, rather deeply lobed, obtuse, us. apiculate. Infl. of solitary fl. or few-fld panicles on peduncles up to 6 cm. long. Bracts linear-entire or lobed, 6-25 mm. long, often foliaceous; pedicels ± pubescent. ♂ up to 3 cm. diam.; sepals 5-8, ± silky-hairy, white or very pale yellow, c.2 cm. long, ovate-oblong, obtuse. Stamens several; anthers linear-oblong, c.2 mm. long. ♀ sepals pale yellow, smaller; achenes 3-4 mm. long, fusiform to ovoid, dark reddish brown, margins thickened, pubescent when young, becoming glab.
Clematis australis Kirk
Leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, pinnate below, pinnatisect to pinnatifid above. Infl. a solitary fl. or few-flowered cyme. Sepals white or very pale yellow, ovate-oblong, ± silky hairy.
Taxonomic concepts
Clematis australis Kirk
Clematis australis Kirk
Collections
Notes
taxonomic status
P. B. Heenan. Reinstatement of Clematis petriei (Ranunculaceae), and typification and variation of C. forsteri. New Zealand Journal of Botany 38 (4):575-585, 2001
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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
2 April 2007