Clematis

Queensland

The characters given in the Flora of Australia volume 2 to distinguish Clematis microphylla from C. decipiens are vegetative only, there is no morphological discontinuity, and they occupy the same habitat. C. decipiens and C. leptophylla are probably worthy of varietal rank at best under C. microphylla. C. pickeringii was formerly called C. glycinoides var. submutica e.g. Stanley & Ross (1983), and varietal rank would seem appropriate, in view of the lack of definitive differences; the characters given in this key to separate C. pickeringii and C. glycinoides are taken from Flora of Australia volume 2, but these characters are of doubtful utility.