AusTraits

Clematis pubescens

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Ranunculaceae

Taxonomy: Clematis pubescens Hügel ex Endl.

Synonyms: 11 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Clematis aristata f. elliptica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata f. oblongisepala Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata subsp. pubescens (Hügel ex Endl.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. breviappendiculata Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. longiappendiculata Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. occidentalis Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis aristata var. pubescens (Hügel ex Endl.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Clematis cognata Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis discolor Steud. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis elliptica Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clematis gilbertiana Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Clematis indivisa Willd. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Chen_2017 (7), Draper_2023 (4), Kew_2019_1 (4), NHNSW_2016 (4), Schmidt_1993 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (9), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (9). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 34 traits from 84 records in 19 datasets.

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

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): dioecious (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Draper_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2022_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (4.5-7 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 2 mm (1.5-2.5 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]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 52.5 mm (25-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 27 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2016; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber (2); climber_herbaceous (1); climber_woody (2); shrub (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (2) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Standish_2019]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (3) [sources: Draper_2023; NHNSW_2016]
  • dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyyyyn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): basal_buds (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020]
nutrient and stable isotope
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.98 mg (0.29-4.19 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Standish_2019]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5 m (5-5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231115Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Standish_201999R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
Wheeler_200279J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
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.
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.
Burrows_2008_244N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_202044N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Draper_202344J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_114Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_201624National Herbarium of NSW. Trait measurements for NSW rainforest species from PLantNET. 2016. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.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.
WAH_2022_244Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Sweedman_200613L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
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/.
Schmidt_199322S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.