Taxon: Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC.

Summary

Genus:

Clematis

Subgenus:

Cheiropsis

Section:

Montanae

Family:

Ranunculaceae

Subfamily:

Ranunculoideae

Tribe:

Anemoneae

Nomen number:

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. 1:164. 1817

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41046339

Verified:

01/19/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

19 (1 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC. var. montana (0 active accession[s])
Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC. var. rubens E. H. Wilson (0 active accession[s])
Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC. var. wilsonii Sprague (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC. var. lilacina Lemoine

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Grey-Wilson, C. 2000. Clematis: the genus 82-88.
Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	Himalayan clematis			1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Chinese	xiu qiu teng	绣球藤		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Anhui Sheng	s.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Fujian Sheng	n.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu Sheng	s.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu	n.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guizhou Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan Sheng	w.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hubei Sheng	w.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hunan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu	s.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Qinghai Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi Sheng	s.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xizang Zizhiqu	s.	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Yunnan Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan			Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Himachal Pradesh		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Jammu and Kashmir		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Meghalaya		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Nagaland		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Sikkim		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India	Uttar Pradesh		Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal			Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan		n.	Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Myanmar
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
CHINA: China [Anhui Sheng (s.), Fujian Sheng (n.), Gansu Sheng (s.), Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (n.), Guizhou Sheng, Henan Sheng (w.), Hubei Sheng (w.), Hunan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu (s.), Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng (s.), Sichuan Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu (s.), Yunnan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India [Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal, Pakistan (n.)
INDO-CHINA: Myanmar

Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)

Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=89. Accessed 15 April 2026.