Willdenow, C.L. (1799), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 2(2): 1291 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Nova Zeelandia."

Heward, R. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Biographical sketch of the late Allan Cunningham. London Journal of Botany 1: 124 [secondary reference]

Steudel, E.G. von in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Ranunculaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 262 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Clematis aristata var. occidentalis Benth. legitimate

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 2 [secondary reference]

• Comment: A New Zealand species.

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 51 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Clematis dubia (Endl.) P.S.Green legitimate by Heward, R. in Hooker, W.J. (1842), Biographical sketch of the late Allan Cunningham. London Journal of Botany 1: 124

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Clematis pubescens Hügel ex Endl. legitimate by Steudel, E.G. von in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Ranunculaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 262

Eichler, Hj., Jeanes, J.A. & Walsh, N.G. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2007), Ranunculaceae. Flora of Australia 2: 304 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Clematis pubescens Hügel ex Endl. legitimate by Steudel, E.G. von in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845), Ranunculaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 262

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