Clematis acapulcensisHook. & Arn.

WFO wfo-0000609420 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Clematis acapulcensis, photographed by geralg
fig. a geralg, CC0 1.0 / 2019-12-16 / obs. 58206383
Clematis acapulcensis, photographed by geralg
fig. b geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 58206386
Clematis acapulcensis, photographed by geralg
fig. c geralg, CC0 1.0 / obs. 58206395
Clematis acapulcensis, photographed by Kai Squires
fig. d Kai Squires, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174872427

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Clematis acapulcensis is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBrazil NorthBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayUruguayVenezuela
Native distribution of Clematis acapulcensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil North BZN
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Uruguay URU
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Clematis americana var. acapulcensis (Hook. & Arn.) K.C.Davis
  • Clematis barrancae M.E.Jones
  • Clematis brasiliana var. glabra A.St.-Hil.
  • Clematis brasiliana var. laxa A.St.-Hil.
  • Clematis brasiliana var. minor A.St.-Hil.
  • Clematis dioica subsp. acapulcensis (Hook. & Arn.) Kuntze
  • Clematis perulata Kuntze
  • Clematis stipulata Kuntze

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.