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June 2025

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Clematis japonica Thunb.

This species name was first published in Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). 512. 1784 [May-Jun 1784]  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000610125.

Synonyms of Clematis japonica Thunb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Sieboldia japonica (Thunb.) Hoffmanns. Preisv. (1842) Nachtr. 28. Cf. Linnaea, xvi. (1842) Litt. 282. wfo-0000504176
Clematis japonica var. simsii Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 81 1912 wfo-0000610130
Clematis polypetala Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 2: 296 (1811) wfo-0000610525
Clematis ternata Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 26: 81 (1912) wfo-0000610757
Clematis japonica var. villosula (Ohwi) Tamura ex Yonek. J. Jap. Bot. 86: 231 (2011) wfo-0001384797