Plant Details

Accepted name:: Clematis chinensis var. chinensis [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Clematis chinensis Osbeck

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese clematis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wei ling xian	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Clematis chinensis Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 18 (1781), nom. illeg.
Clematis sinensis Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 344 (1790), nom. illeg.
Clematis benthamiana Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 2 (1886).
Clematis cavaleriei H.Lév. & C.E.Porter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 20 (1910).
Clematis chinensis var. laeviachenium R.H.Miao Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 32(4): 57 (1993).
Clematis funebris H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 11: 168 (1902).
Clematis liukiuensis Warb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 352 (1920).
Clematis longiloba DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 136 (1817).
Clematis minor Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 345 (1790).
Clematis oligocarpa H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 17(210-211): II (1907).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Clematis chinensis Retz.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Clematis sinensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Clematis sinensis Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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