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Clematis kerrii

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Name

Identification
Clematis kerrii Steud.; nom. nud. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Clematis brachiata Thunb. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2012
Related name
  • Clematis brachiata
  • Clematis kerrii

Flora

Entry for CLEMATIS brachiata Thunb. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 1, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
CLEMATIS brachiata Thunb. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Cap. p. 441.;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 6. Ker. Bot. Mag. t. 96. E. & Z. No. 1. Drege, No. 7594, 7595, 7596, 7597.
CLEMATIS Kerrii Steud. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
CLEMATIS Massoniana DC. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Prod. 1. p. 3.
Information
pubescent; leaves bipinnately or tripinnately parted; pinnæ distant, trifoliolate, leaflets petiolate, ovate-acuminate, toothed, the teeth mucronulate; panicles elongate, spreading; flower-buds very obtuse; sepals spreading, elliptical, obtuse; filaments flat, hairy at base, anthers linear. Climbing over trees and bushes. The pubescence varies greatly in different specimens, and the old leaves are frequently nearly smooth. Flowers in long terminal or axillary, naked panicles, whose branches spread at right angles with the stem. Known from C. Thunbergii by its obtuse buds and sepals; and from C. Oweniæ, besides other marks, by the filaments and anthers. The carpels are glabrescent, orbicular, compressed and margined, with long, feathery tails.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Frequent in the country from Swellendam to Port Natal, E. & Z.! Burke! Drege! Gueinzius! &c. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook, Sond.)

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