Clematis vitalba Linnaeus var. ganpiniana H. Léveillé & Vaniot, Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 11: 167. 1902; C. brevicaudata var. ganpiniana (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Handel-Mazzetti; C. brevicaudata var. leiophylla Handel-Mazzetti; C. brevicaudata var. lissocarpa Rehder & E. H. Wilson; C. ganpiniana (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Tamura; C. parviloba var. ganpiniana (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Rehder; C. parviloba var. glabrescens Finet & Gagnepain.

Leaflet blades abaxially sparsely puberulous or subglabrous. Sepals abaxially sparsely puberulous to subglabrous. Ovaries and achenes glabrous.

* Forests, scrub, slopes; 400--3300 m. S Anhui, N Fujian, W Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou, S Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, E Xizang, C and N Yunnan, N Zhejiang.