Clematis smilacifolia Wall.

This species was misidentified in FRPS 28: 228. 1980 as Clematis loureiroana .

Vines woody. Branches shallowly 8--20-grooved, glabrous. Leaves simple; petiole 3.5--6 cm; leaf blade ovate to deltoid-ovate, 8--16.5 × 6.5--11 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, obscurely reticulate, base cordate to subcordate and sometimes slightly to conspicuously peltate, margin entire, apex ± obtuse to acute; basal veins 5--7, abaxially ± prominent. Cymes paniclelike, axillary, laxly flowered; peduncle 1--11 cm, sparsely puberulous; bracts small, linear. Flowers 3--3.6 cm in diam. Pedicel 4--7 cm, densely puberulous. Sepals 4 or 5, blue-purple, lanceolate-oblong, 1.6--1.8 × 0.5--0.7 cm, abaxially reddish brown velutinous, adaxially glabrous, margin often revolute, apex ± obtuse. Stamens 0.8--1.4 cm, glabrous; anthers narrowly oblong, 2.5--3 mm, apex with a conspicuous 1--2 mm apicula. Ovaries pubescent. Style ca. 6 mm, densely villous. Achenes narrowly ovate, ca. 6 × 2 mm, puberulous; persistent style 5--8 cm, plumose. Fl. Nov--Dec, fr. Dec--Jan.

Nepal, India, Burma, S.E. Tibet, Indo-China, S. W. China, Malaysia.

W Guangxi, W Guizhou, Hainan, SE Xizang, S Yunnan [Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, W Nepal, N New Guinea, Philippines, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam].

300-1800 m

Forests, forest margins, scrub; 900--2300 m.

Clematis smilacifolia is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It usually grows on the margins of woodland areas and is native to tropical and subtropical Asia.

Clematis smilacifolia là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Mao lương. Loài này được Wall. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1820.