Clematis vitalba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 544. 1753.

"Habitat in sepibus Europae australis, Virginiae, Jamaicae." RCN: 4035.

Lectotype (Serov in Bot. Zhurn. 73: 1738. 1988): Herb. Burser XVII: 35 (UPS) .

Generitype of Clematis Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 163. 1929).

Current name: Clematis vitalba L. ( Ranunculaceae).

Note: Rechinger (in Fl. Iranica 171: 231. 1992) indicated the post-1753 Kähler sheet (712.11 LINN) as type, but this is not original material for the name and is ineligible as lectotype. Although Brandenburg (in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 35. 1993) designated Clematis tertia Mattioli, Pl. Epit.: 697 (1586) as lectotype, his choice is pre-dated by that of Serov (despite his chosen type being associated with Linnaeus’ unnamed variety γ).