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29. Clematis Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 543. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 242; 1754.

铁线莲属 tie xian lian shu

Wang Wencai; Bruce Bartholomew

Clematis tangutica

Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Archiclematis Tamura; Atragene Linnaeus.

Vines woody or herbaceous and perennial, rarely erect shrubs, subshrubs, or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, rarely fascicled or alternate, simple or compound; leaf or leaflet blades palmately veined. Inflorescences cymose, sometimes solitary, usually pedunculate, 2-bracteate. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Sepals 4 or 5(--8), petaloid, spreading, ascending, or erect, usually valvate in bud. Petals absent. Stamens numerous, sometimes outer ones sterile and becoming linear or petaloid staminodes; anthers introrse. Carpels numerous, usually pubescent or villous; ovaries 1-ovuled; ovule pendulous. Style elongated after anthesis, rarely slightly or not elongated. Achenes usually ± bilaterally compressed; persistent style usually strongly elongated, plumose.

About 300 species: widespread throughout the world; 147 species (93 endemic) in China.

In the protologue of Clematis zhejiangensis R. J. Wang (J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 7: 28. 1999), the author stated that his new species is related to C. quinquefoliolata . However, because the type specimen is in fruit, without flowers, the systematic position of this species is uncertain at present.


1 Leaves alternate   147 C. alternata
+ Leaves opposite, rarely fasciculate.   (2)
       
2 (1) Stamens hairy.   (3)
+ Stamens glabrous; sepals spreading (ascending in C. fruticosa, C. huchouensis, C. nannophylla, and C. pinnata, erect in C. fasciculiflora and C. napaulensis).   (71)
       
3 (2) Sepals spreading   88 C. liboensis
+ Sepals ascending or erect.   (4)
       
4 (3) Sepals ascending.   (5)
+ Sepals erect   (24)
       
5 (4) Flowers 1(--3), arising with leaves from axillary buds of previous year’s or older branches; petaloid staminodes present.   (6)
+ Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes, or solitary and terminal, arising from leaf axils or apex of current year’s branches; staminodes absent.   (10)
       
6 (5) Leaves 2-ternate.   (7)
+ Leaves ternate, rarely pinnate.   (8)
       
7 (6) Staminodes linear-spatulate, ca. 1/2 as long as sepals   145 C. sibirica
+ Staminodes (at least outer ones) narrowly lanceolate, nearly as long as sepals, sometimes inner ones linear-spatulate   146 C. macropetala
       
8 (6) Leaves ternate or pinnate; sepals linear-lanceolate, abaxially velutinous, apex long acuminate   144 C. moisseenkoi
+ Leaves ternate; sepals oblong, narrowly elliptic, or ovate, abaxially puberulous, apex obtuse or subacute.   (9)
       
9 (8) Branches glabrous; bud scales 1--2 cm; flowers solitary, ca. 3.5 cm in diam.; sepals 1.7--2 cm   142 C. koreana
+ Branches sparsely pubescent; bud scales 3--7 mm; flowers 1--3-fasciculate, 4--7 cm in diam.; sepals 3.6--4.5(--5) cm   143 C. iliensis
       
10 (5) Leaves 1-pinnate or ternate; leaflet blades 3--7.5 cm wide; sepals white or blue; filaments linear   89 C. pinnata
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; leaflet blades 0.5--4 cm wide; sepals yellow or tinged with purple; filaments linear-lanceolate.   (11)
       
11 (10) Flowers solitary, terminal, sometimes also in axillary, 1--3-flowered cymes.   (12)
+ Flowers in axillary cymes, not terminal.   (18)
       
12 (11) Shrublets dwarf, erect.   (13)
+ Vines woody.   (14)
       
13 (12) Leaflet blades papery, margin ± densely denticulate; sepals adaxially glabrous   68 C. tangutica
+ Leaflet blades leathery, margin entire or 1- or 2-denticulate; sepals adaxially puberulous   70 C. pamiralaica
       
14 (12) Sepals adaxially glabrous.   (15)
+ Sepals adaxially puberulous.   (16)
       
15 (14) Leaflet blades papery, both surfaces sparsely puberulous, margin densely denticulate; sepals not corniculate at apex abaxially   68 C. tangutica
+ Leaflet blades leathery, glabrous, margin entire or sometimes 1-denticulate; sepals corniculate at apex abaxially   72 C. corniculata
       
16 (14) Flowers solitary and terminal only, not in axillary cymes; sepals apically attenuate into a tail-like projection 3--6 mm   71 C. caudigera
+ Flowers solitary and terminal and also in axillary cymes; sepals apically acute or cuspidate, without a tail-like projection.   (17)
       
17 (16) Leaflet blade margin ± densely dentate or denticulate   68 C. tangutica
+ Leaflet blade margin entire or 1- or 2-denticulate   69 C. tibetana
       
18 (11) Sepals adaxially glabrous.   (19)
+ Sepals adaxially puberulous.   (21)
       
19 (18) Leaflet blade margin crenate   75 C. akebioides
+ Leaflet blade margin entire or 1- or 2-denticulate.   (20)
       
20 (19) Leaflet blades narrowly elliptic, oblong, or narrowly ovate   76 C. glauca
+ Leaflet blades lanceolate or linear-lanceolate   77 C. intricata
       
21 (18) Leaflet blades gray-green   78 C. orientalis
+ Leaflet blades green or bluish green.   (22)
       
22 (21) Leaflet blade margin entire or 1- or 2-denticulate   76 C. glauca
+ Leaflet blade margin dentate, denticulate, or serrate.   (23)
       
23 (22) Leaflet blades ovate or broadly so, margin irregularly sparsely dentate; bracts ternate   73 C. zandaensis
+ Leaflet blades mainly lanceolate or narrowly ovate, margin densely serrate or denticulate; bracts simple, lanceolate or linear   74 C. serratifolia
       
24 (4) Calyx tubular; stamens sparsely puberulous near apex of filaments; flowers polygamous.   (25)
+ Calyx campanulate; stamens ± densely villous on filaments, sometimes also on anthers, rarely pubescent; flowers bisexual.   (28)
       
25 (24) Flowers solitary, terminal; leave pinnate and 5-foliolate or ternate   93 C. tsugetorum
+ Flowers in terminal or axillary, 5- to many-flowered cymes.   (26)
       
26 (25) Leaves 2-ternate or pinnate   90 C. tatarinowii
+ Leaves ternate.   (27)
       
27 (26) Leaflet blades adaxially appressed puberulous; peduncles and pedicels densely puberulous; anthers linear, 3.2--5 mm, apex apiculate, apiculus 0.2--0.5 mm   91 C. heracleifolia
+ Leaflet blades adaxially glabrous; peduncles and pedicels velutinous; anthers narrowly oblong, ca. 2.8 mm, apex minutely apiculate, apiculus ca. 0.1 mm   92 C. psilandra
       
28 (24) Flowers 1--3, arising with 2 leaves from axillary buds of previous year’s or older branches.   (29)
+ Flowers usually arising from leaf axils or sometimes apex of current year’s branches.   (30)
       
29 (28) Leaves ternate; sepals yellow   138 C. barbellata
+ Leaves 2-ternate; sepals reddish purple or dark purple   139 C. pseudopogonandra
       
30 (28) Flowers solitary, axillary, pedicellate only, not pedunculate and 2-bracteate.   (31)
+ Flowers in axillary or terminal, usually pedunculate, 2-bracteate cymes, or solitary and terminal on current year’s branches.   (32)
       
31 (30) Leaflet blades glabrous on both surfaces or sparsely puberulous only abaxially   136 C. pogonandra
+ Leaflet blades appressed puberulous on both surfaces   137 C. shenlungchiaensis
       
32 (30) Sepals longitudinally narrowly 2- or 3-winged abaxially.   (33)
+ Sepals not winged abaxially.   (36)
       
33 (32) Branches and leaves glabrous   134 C. pterantha
+ Branches and leaves ± hairy.   (34)
       
34 (33) Branches erect, velutinous, hairs dense, spreading, short   132 C. pinchuanensis
+ Branches scandent (sometimes erect in C. ranunculoides), pubescent or puberulous.   (35)
       
35 (34) Leaves simple, pentagonal, and 3-parted, or 1- or 2-ternate or pinnate, when leaflet blades ovate, broadly so, rhombic, or cordate, often 3-lobed, papery, margin usually dentate or denticulate   133 C. ranunculoides
+ Leaves ternate; leaflet blades oblong-oblanceolate, narrowly ovate, or narrowly elliptic, undivided, leathery, margin entire, sometimes 1-denticulate   135 C. yuanjiangensis
       
36 (32) Shrublets erect or perennial herbs.   (37)
+ Vines woody or herbaceous.   (38)
       
37 (36) Leaves sessile, simple   140 C. integrifolia
+ Leaves petiolate, compound   141 C. fusca
       
38 (36) Leaves simple (sometimes ternate in C. henryi).   (39)
+ Leaves compound.   (44)
       
39 (38) Anthers glabrous, apex obtuse.   (40)
+ Anthers abaxially pubescent, apex usually minutely apiculate.   (42)
       
40 (39) Leaf blade narrowly ovate or lanceolate, margin minutely denticulate   103 C. henryi
+ Leaf blade broadly ovate, cordate-ovate, or suborbicular.   (41)
       
41 (40) Leaf blade not reticulate, base rounded-cuneate or truncate, margin dentate   102 C. chiupehensis
+ Leaf blade reticulate on both surfaces, base cordate, margin entire   104 C. jingdungensis
       
42 (39) Flowers solitary, terminal on current year’s branches, sometimes also in axillary, 1-flowered cymes   121 C. yui
+ Flowers in axillary, 1-flowered cymes only, not terminal.   (43)
       
43 (42) Leaves all simple, papery or subleathery, base broadly cuneate, margin usually entire   122 C. kweichowensis
+ Leaves simple or sometimes ternate; leaf or leaflet blades papery, base subcordate, rounded, or broadly cuneate, margin sparsely dentate   123 C. repens
       
44 (38) Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate, 2-ternate, or 2--4-pinnatisect.   (45)
+ Leaves 1-ternate.   (54)
       
45 (44) Leaves 2--4-pinnatisect   131 C. aethusifolia
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate or 2-ternate.   (46)
       
46 (45) Leaflet blade margin entire.   (47)
+ Leaflet blade margin dentate.   (48)
       
47 (46) Branches and leaves glabrous; sepals yellow, adaxially puberulous   126 C. hupehensis
+ Branches and leaves sparsely pubescent; sepals purple, adaxially glabrous   141 C. fusca
       
48 (46) Petiole bases dilated and connate.   (49)
+ Petiole bases not or only slightly dilated, not connate.   (50)
       
49 (48) Vines woody; connate petiole bases strongly dilated, forming a suborbicular, platelike structure; leaflet blades 3.5--7.5 cm wide; sepals yellowish   129 C. connata
+ Vines herbaceous; connate petiole bases moderately dilated, turgid, not forming a platelike structure; leaflet blades 1.4--3(--4.5) cm wide; sepals purple-red   130 C. lasiandra
       
50 (48) Branches densely pubescent or velutinous.   (51)
+ Branches sparsely puberulous or subglabrous.   (52)
       
51 (50) Leaflet blades abaxially densely (rarely sparsely) pubescent; cymes usually many flowered; sepals abaxially densely appressed puberulous   119 C. buchananiana
+ Leaflet blades abaxially velutinous; cymes usually 3-flowered; sepals abaxially velutinous   120 C. grewiiflora
       
52 (50) Leaves 1-pinnate; sepals purple   127 C. dasyandra
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; sepals yellow.   (53)
       
53 (52) Leaflet blades lobed; cymes usually many flowered, paniclelike   128 C. rehderiana
+ Leaflet blades parted; cymes few flowered   131 C. aethusifolia
       
54 (44) Anthers hairy.   (55)
+ Anther glabrous.   (60)
       
55 (54) Branches densely pubescent; leaflet blades abaxially densely pubescent, adaxially sparsely pubescent, margin dentate; cymes 6- to many flowered   118 C. rubifolia
+ Branches sparsely puberulous or glabrous; leaflet blades glabrous or sparsely puberulous; cymes 1--3-flowered.   (56)
       
56 (55) Sepals abaxially puberulous.   (57)
+ Sepals abaxially glabrous.   (58)
       
57 (56) Leaflet blades lanceolate or narrowly ovate, margin entire or sparsely denticulate, apex attenuate or caudate-acuminate; sepals abaxially densely puberulous   115 C. morii
+ Leaflet blades ovate, margin irregularly dentate, apex acuminate; sepals abaxially sparsely puberulous only at base and apex   109 C. jinzhaiensis
       
58 (56) Petiole bases strongly dilated and connate, forming a disklike structure   125 C. otophora
+ Petiole bases only slightly dilated, not forming a disklike structure.   (59)
       
59 (58) Bracts sessile, linear or subulate, 3--10 mm; cymes 1-flowered   123 C. repens
+ Bracts petiolate, lanceolate or elliptic, 1--9 cm; cymes 1--3-flowered   124 C. pseudootophora
       
60 (54) Sepals abaxially rusty velutinous   117 C. leschenaultiana
+ Sepals abaxially not velutinous.   (61)
       
61 (60) Leaflet blades linear-lanceolate   114 C. yunnanensis
+ Leaflet blades ovate, elliptic, or broadly lanceolate.   (62)
       
62 (61) Anther apex minutely apiculate, apiculus ca. 0.1 mm   116 C. hainanensis
+ Anther apex not apiculate.   (63)
       
63 (62) Leaflets sessile or very shortly petiolulate; axillary cymes sessile   112 C. nukiangensis
+ Leaflets distinctly petiolulate; axillary cymes usually distinctly pedunculate (with short peduncles 2--4 mm in C. qingchengshanica and sometimes C. kockiana and C. urophylla).   (64)
       
64 (63) Sepals glabrous on both surfaces, velutinous only at margin   110 C. clarkeana
+ Sepals ± puberulous abaxially, adaxially, or on both surfaces.   (65)
       
65 (64) Leaflet blades not reticulate.   (66)
+ Leaflet blades finely reticulate.   (68)
       
66 (65) Sepals ca. 2 × as long as stamens   106 C. urophylla
+ Sepals nearly as long as or slightly longer than stamens.   (67)
       
67 (66) Leaflet blades narrowly ovate, margin regularly denticulate or serrate; pedicels slender, 0.8--1.2 mm in diam., puberulous   107 C. kockiana
+ Leaflet blades oblong-elliptic, margin minutely 3--5-denticulate; pedicels robust, ca. 2 mm in diam., yellowish velutinous   108 C. teretipes
       
68 (65) Leaflet blades broadly lanceolate, apex long caudate   113 C. acuminata
+ Leaflet blades ovate or elliptic, apex acuminate.   (69)
       
69 (68) Leaflet blades abaxially ± densely puberulous   104 C. jingdungensis
+ Leaflet blades abaxially glabrous or subglabrous.   (70)
       
70 (69) Axillary cymes 8- to many flowered, peduncle 4--5.5 cm; bracts linear, 4--7 mm   105 C. siamensis
+ Axillary cymes 1-flowered, peduncle 3--4 mm; bracts linear-triangular, ca. 2 mm   111 C. qingchengshanica
       
71 (2) Shrublets erect, subshrubs, or perennial herbs.   (72)
+ Vines woody or herbaceous.   (81)
       
72 (71) Sepals 4, yellow, ascending.   (73)
+ Sepals 4--8, white or tinged pinkish, spreading.   (76)
       
73 (72) Leaves ovate, narrowly so, or lanceolate, undivided or variously divided.   (74)
+ Leaves linear, undivided, margin entire (1- or 2-denticulate proximally in C. tomentella).   (75)
       
74 (73) Leaves undivided or lobed   64 C. fruticosa
+ Leaves pinnatipartite or pinnatisect, sometimes pinnatilobed   65 C. nannophylla
       
75 (73) Leaves gray-green, appressed puberulous; flowers in a terminal, pedunculate, 1--3(--7)-flowered, 2-bracteate cyme; sepals 0.9--1.6 × 0.35--0.8 cm, abaxially puberulous   66 C. tomentella
+ Leaves green; flowers solitary, terminal on short, lateral branchlets, pedicellate only, not pedunculate and 2-bracteate; sepals 1.2--2.6 × 0.5--1.3 cm, abaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulous near apex   67 C. viridis
       
76 (72) Leaves pinnatisect or pinnate.   (77)
+ Leaves simple, rarely ternate.   (78)
       
77 (76) Herbs perennial; leaves pinnatisect, leathery, reticulate; sepals (4 or)5 or 6(--8)   63 C. hexapetala
+ Shrublets; leaves pinnate, papery, not reticulate; sepals 4--6   62 C. delavayi
       
78 (76) Leaves ternate   60 C. lancifolia
+ Leaves simple.   (79)
       
79 (78) Leaf blade cordate-pentagonal, palmately 5-lobed   3 C. acerifolia
+ Leaf blade lanceolate or linear, undivided or pinnatisect.   (80)
       
80 (79) Leaves opposite only, undivided, margin entire; anthers 3.2--5.5 mm   60 C. lancifolia
+ Leaves both opposite and fasciculate, undivided or pinnatisect, margin dentate or entire; anthers 2--3 mm   61 C. songorica
       
81 (71) Anther apex conspicuously apiculate, apiculus (0.4--)1 mm or more.   (82)
+ Anther apex not apiculate or minutely apiculate, apiculus ca. 0.1 mm.   (90)
       
82 (81) Leaves simple.   (83)
+ Leaves ternate or pinnate.   (85)
       
83 (82) Leaf blade reticulate on both surfaces; sepals 6, both surfaces velutinous   81 C. fulvicoma
+ Leaf blade abaxially slightly reticulate, adaxially with flat veins; sepals 4 or 5, adaxially glabrous.   (84)
       
84 (83) Pedicel rusty puberulous; sepals 4 or 5, purple; staminodes absent   79 C. smilacifolia
+ Pedicel glabrous; sepals 4, yellow; staminodes present, linear   80 C. metuoensis
       
85 (82) Leaves ternate.   (86)
+ Leaves pinnate.   (87)
       
86 (85) Leaflet blades leathery; sepals purple; staminodes absent   82 C. crassipes
+ Leaflet blades papery; sepals white; staminodes present, linear   87 C. loureiroana
       
87 (85) Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; anther apiculus ca. 0.4 mm   83 C. menglaensis
+ Leaves 1-pinnate; anther apiculus 0.5--2.8 mm.   (88)
       
88 (87) Petiole base not dilated; leaflet blade base usually broadly cuneate; sepals 4, yellow; anther apiculus 2.2--2.8 mm   84 C. pianmaensis
+ Petiole base dilated into stipulelike projections; leaflet blade base rounded or subcordate; sepals white or dark purple; anther apiculus 0.5--1 mm.   (89)
       
89 (88) Branches and petiolar stipulelike projections furfuraceous; leaves 7-foliolate; sepals 4, white   85 C. fengii
+ Branches and petiolar stipulelike projections not furfuraceous; leaves 5-foliolate; sepals 4--6, dark purple   86 C. tashiroi
       
90 (81) Flowers arising from axillary buds of old branches, base of pedicel or peduncle surrounded by persistent bud scales.   (91)
+ Flowers in axillary or terminal, pedunculate cymes, or pedicellate only and arising from leaf axils or apex of current year’s branches, or solitary and terminal on current year’s branches.   (107)
       
91 (90) Flowers in pedunculate and 2-bracteate or involucrate cymes.   (92)
+ Flowers pedicellate only, peduncles and bracts absent.   (95)
       
92 (91) Flowers in 1-flowered cymes with cupular, 2-lobed involucres; sepals erect   16 C. napaulensis
+ Flowers in often paniclelike, (1 to)many-flowered, 2-bracteate cymes; sepals spreading.   (93)
       
93 (92) Leaves pinnate or ternate, leaflet blades narrowly lanceolate   59 C. zygophylla
+ Leaves ternate, leaflet blades ovate.   (94)
       
94 (93) Bud scales 5--12 mm; leaflet blades reticulate on both surfaces; sepals yellow; anthers 2.5--2.8 mm   57 C. lingyunensis
+ Bud scales 8--20 mm; leaflet blades not reticulate; sepals white or pinkish; anthers 3--4.5 mm   58 C. armandii
       
95 (91) Sepals 6   14 C. glabrifolia
+ Sepals 4.   (96)
       
96 (95) Pedicels 0.5--2.4 cm; sepals erect; achenes lanceolate   15 C. fasciculiflora
+ Pedicels usually more than 3 cm; sepals spreading; achenes ovate or elliptic.   (97)
       
97 (96) Leaves mostly pinnate.   (98)
+ Leaves ternate.   (99)
       
98 (97) Leaflet blades papery or herbaceous, ± hairy, margin denticulate; sepals obovate or oblong; ovaries glabrous   5 C. gracilifolia
+ Leaflet blades thinly leathery, glabrous, margin entire; sepals oblanceolate; ovaries pubescent   13 C. hastata
       
99 (97) Terminal leaflet 3-parted.   (100)
+ Terminal leaflet undivided, 3-lobulate, or 3-lobed.   (101)
       
100 (99) Leaflet blades adaxially glabrous; sepals purple-red, obovate or narrowly so, 8--13.5 mm wide; ovaries glabrous   6 C. ningjingshanica
+ Leaflet blades adaxially puberulous; sepals oblong or obovate-oblong, 4--6 mm wide; ovaries pubescent   9 C. tripartita
       
101 (99) Sepals adaxially appressed puberulous   10 C. tongluensis
+ Sepals adaxially glabrous.   (102)
       
102 (101) Leaflet blades lanceolate, undivided, margin usually entire, rarely 1- or 2-denticulate   8 C. venusta
+ Leaflet blades ovate or narrowly so, undivided, 2- or 3-lobulate or 2- or 3-lobed, margin dentate.   (103)
       
103 (102) Sepals ovate-oblong, abaxially with a very narrow, velutinous strip at margin, apex attenuate and shortly cuspidate   11 C. wenshanensis
+ Sepals obovate or narrowly so, abaxially without a velutinous strip at margin, apex rounded or obtuse.   (104)
       
104 (103) Ovaries and achenes glabrous   4 C. montana
+ Ovaries and achenes puberulous.   (105)
       
105 (104) Leaflet blades yellow pubescent   7 C. chrysocoma
+ Leaflet blades white puberulous.   (106)
       
106 (105) Leaflet blades 1.8--6 × 1.5--3 cm; pedicels 4--9 cm; sepals 1.5--2.5 × 1--1.4 cm   4 C. montana
+ Leaflet blades 5--12 × 3--5 cm; pedicels 10--16.5 cm; sepals 2.5--3.4 × 1.5--2.5 cm   4 C. montana
       
107 (90) Sepals ascending.   (108)
+ Sepals spreading.   (109)
       
108 (107) Leaflet blades (2.5--)5--12 × (1.5--)3--7.5 cm, margin dentate; axillary cymes 5- to many flowered; style villous   89 C. pinnata
+ Leaflet blades 1--5 × 0.7--3 cm, margin entire; axillary cymes (1--)3-flowered; style pubescent   101 C. huchouensis
       
109 (107) Flowers 4--16 cm in diam.   (110)
+ Flowers less than 4 cm in diam.   (126)
       
110 (109) Flowers solitary, terminal.   (111)
+ Flowers in axillary, pedunculate, 1(--4)-flowered, 2-bracteate cymes, or pedicellate only, 1 or 2 arising from leaf axils or apex of current year’s branches (if terminal, then not solitary).   (112)
       
111 (110) Leaf or leaflet blades abaxially velutinous or densely puberulous; sepals (5 or)6, purplish   94 C. lanuginosa
+ Leaf or leaflet blades abaxially sparsely puberulous on veins; sepals 5--8, white or yellowish white   95 C. patens
       
112 (110) Filaments rugose   39 C. crassifolia
+ Filaments not rugose.   (113)
       
113 (112) Anthers oblong or narrowly so.   (114)
+ Anthers linear or narrowly so (sometimes narrowly oblong in C. florida); cymes axillary, 1-flowered.   (120)
       
114 (113) Leaflet blade margin dentate or serrate.   (115)
+ Leaflet blade margin entire.   (117)
       
115 (114) Sepals 4; anthers 1--1.5 mm   35 C. parviloba
+ Sepals 5 or 6(or 7); anthers 2--3 mm.   (116)
       
116 (115) Leaves ternate; axillary cymes 1-flowered, peduncle 3--4 cm, pedicels 1--1.5 cm; sepals 6, linear-lanceolate, abaxially densely covered with hairs 1.6--3 mm   38 C. baominiana
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; axillary cymes (1--)3(or 4)-flowered, peduncle 5.5--15 cm, pedicels 3--9.8 cm; sepals 5 or 6(or 7), obovate, abaxially densely covered with hairs ca. 0.3 mm   2 C. potaninii
       
117 (114) Plants turning black on drying.   (118)
+ Plants not turning black on drying.   (119)
       
118 (117) Leaves ternate, leaflet blades leathery; axillary cymes 1-flowered   19 C. mashanensis
+ Leaves 2-ternate or pinnate, leaflet blades papery; axillary cymes (1--)3--9-flowered   35 C. parviloba
       
119 (117) Leaflet blades ovate, papery, abaxially densely puberulous   47 C. shensiensis
+ Leaflet blades linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, papery or thinly leathery, both surfaces glabrous   48 C. quinquefoliolata
       
120 (113) Sepals 4.   (121)
+ Sepals 5 or 6 (occasionally 4 in C. longistyla).   (123)
       
121 (120) Leaves ternate; flowers axillary, pedicellate only   12 C. laxistrigosa
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate, rarely ternate; flowers in axillary, pedunculate, 1(--4)-flowered, 2-bracteate cymes.   (122)
       
122 (121) Bracts lanceolate, 2--2.2 × 0.5--0.6 cm; sepals yellowish white; anthers linear, 2.8--3 mm   35 C. parviloba
+ Bracts broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, 2--4 × 1.8--2.8 cm; sepals purple-red; anthers narrowly linear, 6--7.2 mm   96 C. hancockiana
       
123 (120) Style appressed puberulous, not elongated after anthesis   100 C. cadmia
+ Style villous or spreading pubescent, elongated and ± plumose after anthesis.   (124)
       
124 (123) Style ca. 3.5 mm, pubescent proximally, glabrous distally, after anthesis elongated to ca. 8 mm, spreading pubescent   99 C. florida
+ Style 4--7.5 mm, densely villous, after anthesis elongated to 12--30 mm, plumose.   (125)
       
125 (124) Style glabrous above middle   97 C. longistyla
+ Style densely villous from base to near apex   98 C. courtoisii
       
126 (109) Filaments rugose   39 C. crassifolia
+ Filaments not rugose.   (127)
       
127 (126) Achenes subulate-terete   56 C. uncinata
+ Achenes ± bilaterally compressed, ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate.   (128)
       
128 (127) Leaves ternate, rarely simple.   (129)
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate or 2-ternate, sometimes distal leaves 1-ternate.   (144)
       
129 (128) Anthers oblong or narrowly so, 0.8--2 mm, apex obtuse, rarely minutely apiculate.   (130)
+ Anthers linear, narrowly oblong, or rarely oblong, 2.5--6.5 mm, apex often minutely apiculate.   (135)
       
130 (129) Sepals adaxially puberulous.   (131)
+ Sepals adaxially glabrous.   (132)
       
131 (130) Leaflet blade margin dentate; axillary cymes 7- to many flowered; anthers 1.5--1.8 mm; style 4--6 mm   18 C. apiifolia
+ Leaflet blade margin entire, rarely sparsely denticulate; axillary cymes 1--3-flowered; anthers 2--2.6 mm; style 7--9 mm   23 C. vaniotii
       
132 (130) Axillary cymes 1-flowered; anther apex minutely apiculate   20 C. tenuipes
+ Axillary cymes 3- to many flowered; anther apex not apiculate.   (133)
       
133 (132) Leaflet blades lanceolate or narrowly ovate   22 C. formosana
+ Leaflet blades ovate.   (134)
       
134 (133) Leaflet blade margin denticulate or entire; cymes 3--7-flowered; style ca. 6 mm, pubescent proximally, puberulous near middle, not elongated after anthesis   17 C. tinghuensis
+ Leaflet blade margin entire; cymes many flowered; style ca. 5 mm, densely villous, after anthesis strongly elongated to ca. 3.5 cm   21 C. burmanica
       
135 (129) Leaflet blades abaxially densely puberulous   47 C. shensiensis
+ Leaf or leaflet blades abaxially sparsely puberulous or glabrous.   (136)
       
136 (135) Leaves simple, rarely ternate.   (137)
+ Leaves ternate.   (138)
       
137 (136) Petioles 1.5--2 cm; peduncles 10--18 cm; sepals abaxially glabrous; anthers linear, ca. 4 mm, apex obtuse   40 C. xinhuiensis
+ Petioles 3--6 cm; peduncles ca. 7 cm; sepals abaxially puberulous; anthers narrowly oblong, 3--3.2 mm, apex minutely apiculate   45 C. chekiangensis
       
138 (136) Sepals 2.2--2.6 cm; anthers narrowly oblong, 2.5--3 mm   19 C. mashanensis
+ Sepals 0.8--1.3 cm; anthers linear, rarely narrowly oblong, 3--6.5 mm.   (139)
       
139 (138) Axillary cymes (1--)3--7-flowered.   (140)
+ Axillary cymes paniclelike, many flowered.   (141)
       
140 (139) Axillary cymes 1-flowered, with 1 or 2 pairs of bracteoles   44 C. meyeniana
+ Axillary cymes usually 3--7-flowered, or 1-flowered but then without bracteoles   46 C. finetiana
       
141 (139) Leaflet blades not reticulate.   (142)
+ Leaflet blades reticulate on both surfaces.   (143)
       
142 (141) Leaflet blades narrowly ovate or broadly lanceolate, to 8.8 × 3.4 cm, thinly papery, apex attenuate or long acuminate; anther apex obtuse, rarely minutely apiculate   43 C. sinii
+ Leaflet blades ovate or oblong-ovate, to 14 × 9 cm, subleathery or thickly papery, apex acute or acuminate; anther apex minutely apiculate   44 C. meyeniana
       
143 (141) Branch nodes and base and apex of petioles and peduncles densely furfuraceous, elsewhere glabrous; leaflet blades leathery   41 C. napoensis
+ Branch nodes, petioles, and peduncles puberulous, not furfuraceous; leaflet blades papery   42 C. jialasaensis
       
144 (128) Anthers linear or narrowly oblong, more than 2 mm, apex often minutely apiculate.   (145)
+ Anthers oblong or narrowly so, 1--2 mm, apex obtuse, rarely minutely apiculate.   (157)
       
145 (144) Leaflet blades conspicuously reticulate on both surfaces.   (146)
+ Leaflet blades not reticulate.   (148)
       
146 (145) Petiole base strongly dilated; sepals 5 or 6(or 7); anthers 3.5--4 mm, apex minutely apiculate   55 C. dilatata
+ Petiole base not dilated; sepals 4(--6); anthers (1.5--)2--3(--3.2) mm, apex obtuse, rarely minutely apiculate.   (147)
       
147 (146) Plants not or occasionally turning black on drying; leaves 1-pinnate, leaflet blades often ovate or narrowly so, to 4.5 cm wide   52 C. pashanensis
+ Plants turning black on drying; leaves 2-pinnate, sometimes 1-pinnate, leaflet blades often oblong or elliptic, to 2.8 cm wide   53 C. kirilowii
       
148 (145) Leaves 2-pinnate or 2-ternate.   (149)
+ Leaves 1-pinnate.   (151)
       
149 (148) Plants not turning black on drying; sepals obovate   2 C. potaninii
+ Plants turning black on drying; sepals oblong, ovate-oblong, or lanceolate.   (150)
       
150 (149) Sepals 4; anthers narrowly oblong, 2.2--2.5 mm, apex obtuse   35 C. parviloba
+ Sepals (4 or)5 or 6(or 7); anthers linear, 3.8--4.5 mm, apex minutely apiculate   54 C. obscura
       
151 (148) Sepals adaxially densely puberulous   23 C. vaniotii
+ Sepals adaxially glabrous.   (152)
       
152 (151) Leaflet blades abaxially densely puberulous   47 C. shensiensis
+ Leaflet blades abaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulous.   (153)
       
153 (152) Axillary cymes paniclelike, many flowered.   (154)
+ Axillary cymes 1--5(--7)-flowered.   (155)
       
154 (153) Achenes strongly compressed, distinctly marginate; plants not turning black on drying   50 C. terniflora
+ Achenes not strongly compressed, not marginate; plants turning black on drying   49 C. chinensis
       
155 (153) Leaflet blades linear-lanceolate or lanceolate   48 C. quinquefoliolata
+ Leaflet blades ovate.   (156)
       
156 (155) Leaflet blades papery, sparsely puberulous; sepals 4   49 C. chinensis
+ Leaflet blades subleathery, glabrous; sepals (5 or)6   51 C. akoensis
       
157 (144) Leaflet blades leathery, both surfaces reticulate.   (158)
+ Leaflet blades papery, rarely thinly leathery, not reticulate.   (159)
       
158 (157) Leaves 1-pinnate   52 C. pashanensis
+ Leaves 2-pinnate   53 C. kirilowii
       
159 (157) Achenes lanceolate or fusiform, apex ± tapering.   (160)
+ Achenes ovate or elliptic, apex acute, not tapering.   (162)
       
160 (159) Leaves pinnate or 1- or 2-ternate, leaflet blade margin dentate   31 C. javana
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate, leaflet blade margin entire, rarely 1-dentate.   (161)
       
161 (160) Leaves 1-pinnate, leaflet blades glabrous or sparsely puberulous only on midvein   29 C. gouriana
+ Leaves 1- or 2-pinnate; leaflet blades abaxially densely puberulous   32 C. subumbellata
       
162 (159) Leaves usually 2-pinnate or 2-ternate.   (163)
+ Leaves 1-pinnate.   (169)
       
163 (162) Sepals 5 or 6(or 7), obovate   2 C. potaninii
+ Sepals 4, oblong or narrowly so.   (164)
       
164 (163) Achenes strongly compressed, with conspicuous, winglike margin   37 C. puberula
+ Achenes moderately compressed, without winglike margin.   (165)
       
165 (164) Bracteoles subulate, small   33 C. brevicaudata
+ Bracteoles ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, conspicuous.   (166)
       
166 (165) Sepals adaxially sparsely puberulous   36 C. tamurae
+ Sepals adaxially glabrous.   (167)
       
167 (166) Sepal apex truncate   28 C. peterae
+ Sepal apex not truncate.   (168)
       
168 (167) Sepals thinly membranous, apex subacute   35 C. parviloba
+ Sepals thickly papery, apex rounded or obtuse   34 C. wissmanniana
       
169 (162) Leaflet blades linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, glabrous   48 C. quinquefoliolata
+ Leaflet blades ovate or elliptic.   (170)
       
170 (169) Sepals adaxially densely puberulous   23 C. vaniotii
+ Sepals adaxially glabrous (sparsely puberulous in C. grandidentata and C. peterae).   (171)
       
171 (170) Axillary cymes 1-flowered; sepals ovate   1 C. brevipes
+ Axillary cymes several to many flowered; sepals oblong or narrowly so.   (172)
       
172 (171) Achenes marginate   50 C. terniflora
+ Achenes not marginate.   (173)
       
173 (172) Achenes 5--8 mm.   (174)
+ Achenes 2--4 mm.   (175)
       
174 (173) Sepals 4(--6), 1.3--2.4 cm   47 C. shensiensis
+ Sepals 4, 0.6--1.3 cm   49 C. chinensis
       
175 (173) Axillary cymes 3--6-flowered; sepals 10--15 mm   25 C. grandidentata
+ Axillary cymes usually many flowered; sepals 6--10 mm.   (176)
       
176 (175) Bracteoles ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, conspicuous; leaflet blades adaxially densely puberulous   24 C. gratopsis
+ Bracteoles subulate or linear, small, sometimes absent.   (177)
       
177 (176) Leaflet blades 3.5--7 cm wide, adaxially strigose.   (178)
+ Leaflet blades 0.9--4.6 cm wide, adaxially puberulous.   (179)
       
178 (177) Leaflet blade margin sparsely dentate   26 C. chingii
+ Leaflet blade margin entire   27 C. tsaii
       
179 (177) Leaflet blades usually undivided, adaxially sparsely puberulous, base usually rounded, margin often entire or sparsely dentate   28 C. peterae
+ Leaflet blades often 3-lobed, adaxially densely puberulous, base usually cordate or subcordate, margin incised dentate or incised denticulate   30 C. grata

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