Plant Details

Accepted name:: Clematis chinensis Osbeck [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 6

Clematis chinensis var. anhweiensis (M.C.Chang) W.T.Wang

Clematis chinensis var. bipinnata (Tamura) W.T.Wang

Clematis chinensis var. fujisanensis (Hisauti & H.Hara) W.T.Wang

Clematis chinensis var. tatushanensis T.Y.A.Yang

Clematis chinensis var. vestita (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) W.T.Wang

Clematis chinensis var. chinensis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese clematis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
chinese clematis root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
clematidis radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
clematidis radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
clematis	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
clematis chinensis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
clematis root	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
kinesisk klematis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
radix clematidis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix et rhizoma clematidis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
wei ling sian	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
wei ling xian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
weilingxian	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
イレイセン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
威灵仙	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
威灵仙叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
威靈仙	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root, Leaf		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix, Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root, rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome	dried root, dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
root, rhizome	dried root, dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
root, rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Clematis chinensis	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Clematis chinensis Osbeck	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Clematis chinensis Osbeck.	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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