Editing Clematis (section)

==Species names==
Most species are known as '''clematis''' in English, while some are also known as:
* '''traveller's joy''', a name invented for the sole British native, ''[[Clematis vitalba|C. vitalba]]'', by the herbalist [[John Gerard]];
* '''virgin's bower''' for ''[[Clematis terniflora|C. terniflora]]'', ''[[Clematis virginiana|C. virginiana]]'', and ''[[Clematis viticella|C. viticella]]'';
* '''old man's beard''', applied to several with prominent seedheads;
* '''leather flower''' for those with fleshy petals; or '''vase vine''' for the North American ''Clematis viorna''.