Clematis cirrhosa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Anemoneae
Genus: Clematis
Subgenus: C. subg. Cheiropsis
Sectio: C. sect. Cheiropsis
Subsectio: C. subsect. Cirrhosae
Species: Clematis cirrhosa
Varietates: C. c. var. balearica – C. c. var. barnadesii – C. c. var. bibracteata – C. c. var. cirrhosa – C. c. var. pedicellata – C. c. var. semitriloba
Name

Clematis cirrhosa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 544. 1753.
Synonyms

Homotypic
Atragene cirrhosa (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. (Persoon) 2(1): 98. 1806.
Cheiropsis cirrhosa (L.) Bercht. & J.Presl, Prírod. Rostl. i Ranunculac., 1: 11. 1823.

Note:

Clematis × candargii E.G.Camus, J. Bot. (Morot) 12: 98. 1898, represent the hybrid between C. cirrhosa var. cirrhosa and C. cirrhosa var. balearica.
References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 544. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clematis cirrhosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names
Ελληνικά, Κυπριακά : Αρκόκλημαν, Κλώστρος, Στρούνος, Μηλιάκκος
suomi: Pallekärhö

Clematis cirrhosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Mediterranean. It includes the 'Freckles', 'Wisley Cream' and 'Jingle Bells' cultivars, with 'Freckles' and 'Wisley Cream' having gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]

It is also one of 8 subdivisions in the Thorncroft Clematis catalogue, published in 2000.
References

L., Sp. Pl. 544. 1753
Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 261 1838
"Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' (C) clematis 'Freckles'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
"Clematis cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream' (C) clematis 'Wisley Cream'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.