Clematis gouriana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Clematis |
| Species: | C. gouriana
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Clematis gouriana, or Indian Traveller's Joy[1], is a liana found in Asia which belongs to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).[2] It was described by Roxb. ex DC. and published in Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 1: 138-139, in 1818.[3]
Distribution
The creeper occurs in the Himalayas from India, eastward through Nepal and into western and southern China.[4] The hilly districts of theWestern Ghats of India, and Sri lanka.[1], The creeper is common in the Western Ghats, and the patches of adjoining forest of the Konkan coast and Deccan plateau.[2]
Description
A large climbing shrub, reaching upto the canopies of trees. Glabrous, except for the younger parts of the plant. Grooved stem and branches. Leaves are pinnate, sometimes bi-pinnate or tri-pinnate. Leaflets may be ovate or oblong acumineate, with nerves and reticulate venation, and have a shining surface. Small flowers in many branched pannicles. Each flower is 1 to 1.5 inches wide, fragrant and greenish-white. Petals are absent but four greenish sepals present which are oblong-ovate and covered with soft down. Many stamens, with free, narrow and straight filaments which thicken towards the top. Compressed achenes, narrowly ovoid or oblong, with persistant feathery style.[2][1][5][6][7]
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References
- ^ a b c W A Talbot (1902). The Trees, Shrubs and Wood-Climbers of the Bombay Presidency (2 ed.). Bombay: Government Central Press. p. 2.
- ^ a b c P. Setu Madhava Rao, ed. (January 1961). Maharashtra State Gazetteer, Botany, Part III - Miscellaneous Plants. General Series Volume A (2 ed.). Mumbai: Maharastra State. p. 522.
- ^ "Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC". The Plant List. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ Toomey, Mary; Leeds, Everett. An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Clematis. Portland, Oregon, USA: British Clematis Society. p. 206.
- ^ Talbot, WA; Gibson, Alexander (1861). The Bombay Flora (2 ed.). Bombay: Education Society Press. p. 1.
- ^ Sardesai, Milind; Govekar, Ravikiran; Yadav, SR (2013). Field Guide to the Plants of Sahyadri and Konkan. Pune: Forest Department, Government of Maharashtra. p. 138.
- ^ Shrikant Ingalhallikar (November 2001). Flowers of Sahyadri. Pune: S. Ingalhallikar. p. 98.
External links
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