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Clematis kirkii

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Name

Identification
Clematis kirkii DC. [family RANUNCULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Nom. rev., Clematis busseana Engl. [family RANUNCULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Clematis kirkii
  • Clematis busseana

Flora

Entry for CLEMATIS Kirkii Oliv. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 4, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
CLEMATIS Kirkii Oliv. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Information
Branches shortly pubescent, tomentose at first, at length nearly glabrous. Leaves pinnatisect; the lower oblong in circumscription, with about 7 leaflets; upper with 3 or reduced to a single one; leaflets coriaceous, more or less ovate 3-lobate and deeply toothed, obtuse; teeth obtuse, mucronulate; of the upper leaves, narrow, acute or obtuse, incised-dentate, pilose-pubescent beneath, excepting on the principal reticulating veins, at length glabrescent, glabrescent above, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, 1/2–1 1/2 in. broad. Flowers on erect peduncles, about 1 1/2–2 in. diam.; sepals elliptical or ovate-elliptical, obtuse or broadly and obtusely apiculate, thick and coriaceous, tomentose-pubescent on both surfaces. Filaments pilose below, considerably longer than the anthers. Tails of the achenes soon more or less recurved after flowering.
Distribution
Mozamb. Dist. Manganya hills, 3000 ft. alt., Dr. Kirk!
Notes
Nearly related to C. Bojeri, Hook. Ic. Plant. 10, of Madagascar, as well as to C. Stanleyi; differing from the latter in the round-based petiolulate, coriaceous or rigid leaflets of the lower leaves, the prominent venation beneath, and generally glabrescent or thinly pubescent (not silky) foliage.

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