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Clematis oweniae (Clematis oweniae)

Description

Clematis is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners,beginning with Clematis jackmanii, a garden standby more hybrid cultivars are being produced constantly. Most species are known as clematis in English, while some are also known as traveller's joy, a name invented for the sole British native, applied to several with prominent seedheads; leather flower for those with fleshy petals; or vase vine for the North American Clematis viorna.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ranunculales

            • Family: Ranunculaceae

              • Genus: Clematis