Clematis wightiana

Clematis wightiana Wall., Numer. List 4674 1828. (Syn: Clematis grata O. Hoffm. ex Baker; Clematis laxiflora Baker);
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India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Saudi Arabia (Asir, C-Saudi
Arabia)
as per Catalogue of Life;
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KLEM-uh-tiss or klem-AT-iss — ancient Greek klematis (vine); climbing … Dave’s Botanary
wight-ee-AY-na — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia

commonly known as: lax-flowered clematis • Marathi: सोन जाई son-jai

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Marathi name Son-jai
At Rajgad, Pune
26Dec,2010

– Nice catch but the flower is infected by fungi (probably).



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Ranunculaceae week :: Clematis wightiana- PKA3:
Seen this climber at “Katrabaichi Khind”, Ratangad region, Maharashtra
Bot. name: Clematis wightiana



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clematis wightiana : 4 images. 2 posts by 2 authors.
clematis wightiana, mahabaleshwar, first week of march 2013
climber with flowers right at the top
they were on the verge of drying up

Very good find. Almost in fruiting stage.



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Clematis hirtusa:
Clematis hirtusa
At Ratangad, Maharashtra
02Feb,2013

It should be Clematis wightiana Wall. as per details herein.



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Clematis hirsuta – 08022014- PKA- Feb-20 : Attachments (3). 7 posts by 5 authors.

Saw this Clematis climber in Mullayangiri range (Karnataka).
Bot. name: Clematis hirsuta
Family: Ranunculaceae
Date/Time: 26-01-2014 / 09:20AM


What a beautiful climber.
Thank you … for posting such interesting plants from your trip.


It should be Clematis wightiana Wall. as per details herein.


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Ranunculaceae Fortnight:: Clematis wightiana at Katrabai: PKA-Jan-03: : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Seen this climber at “Katrabaichi Khind”, Ratangad region, Maharashtra
Bot. name: Clematis wightiana

According to key: Only species from Maharashtra with hairy filaments. All others have glabrous filaments. Will you check it in your high resolution originals?


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Ranunculaceae Fortnight:: Clematis hirsuta at Karnataka: PKA-Jan-13 :: : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Saw this Clematis climber in Mullayangiri range (Karnataka).
Bot. name: Clematis hirsuta
Family: Ranunculaceae
Date/Time: 26-01-2014 / 09:20AM

Really a large collection of Clematis.


It should be Clematis wightiana Wall. as per details herein.



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Ranunculaceae Fortnight :: Clematis hirsuta :: Ratangad :: DVJAN10/80 : 3 posts by 3 authors. 4 images. Clematis hirsuta Guill. & Perr.
at Ratangad on January 14, 2012


Very good to see one more from Maharashtra. Not seen by me so far.


It should be Clematis wightiana Wall. as per details herein.


Sorry, …, I had somehow missed responding to your comment.

The title of the post is (was) inadvertently wrongly typed.
The photos in flickr were then labeled as “Clematis orientalis subsp. wightiana“.

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Clematis hirsuta in FOI  should be Clematis wightiana Wall. as per details and references herein.
Clematis hirsuta is a different species with no distribution in India.
Pl. correct.

Thanks …! Correction made.


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Names of Plants in India :: Clematis wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.:
Clematis wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn.

KLEM-uh-tiss or klem-AT-iss — ancient Greek klematis (vine); climbing … Dave’s Botanary
wight-ee-AY-na — named for Robert Wight, Scottish surgeon and botanist in India … Dave’s Botanary • Wikipedia

commonly known as: lax-flowered clematis • Marathi: सोन जाई son-jai

botanical namesClematis wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. … and more at POWO, retrieved 12 March 2025

Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
lax-flowered clematis
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
सोन जाई son-jai
  • name coined, for want of name, by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the author of Flowers of Sahyadri, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
*Arunachal Pradesh, *Karnataka, *Kerala, Maharashtra, *Mizoram, *Tamil Nadu; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in Saudi Arabia

* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state

~~~~~  Created on: 17:38 12-03-2025 ¦ Last updated: 19:55 12-03-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

 


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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  GBIF (with high resolution specimens) BSI Flora of India  Flora of Karnataka
Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2002)

Updated on March 26, 2025

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