AusTraits

Clematis clitorioides

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Family Ranunculaceae

Taxonomy: Clematis clitorioides DC.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Clematis aristata subsp. gunniana Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. blanda (Hook.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. gunniana (Kuntze) Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. minor Hook.f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis blanda Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis brachystemon (Kuntze) Gunn ex W.T.Wang (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis clitorioides DC. var. clitorioides (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Clematis clitorioides var. decipiens Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis hexapetala subsp. brachystemon Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Clematis linearifolia Steud. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), Chen_2017 (7), Collette_2021 (1), Kirkpatrick_2020 (2), McGlone_2015 (6), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 53 records in 11 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 4.5 mm (4-5 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.75 mm (1.5-2 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 34.83 mm (12-60 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (5-28 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (2); simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; TMAG_2009]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): sprawling (1) [sources: McGlone_2015]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; TMAG_2009]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Kirkpatrick_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnyyyyy (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; TMAG_2009]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): physical_dormancy (1) [sources: Collette_2021]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_2023913Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
TMAG_2009911Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Chen_201777Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_198122B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Kirkpatrick_202022J. Kirkpatrick. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits for woody Tasmanian endemic species, University of Tasmania”. 2020.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.