''Clematis zeylanica'' is a species of

liana A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight. The word ''liana'' does not refer to a ta ...

belonging to the family

Ranunculaceae Ranunculaceae (buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, distributed worldwide. The largest genera are ''Ranunculus'' (600 species), ''Delphinium' ...

which is native to Asia. It was earlier classified as ''Naravelia zeylanica'', but was renamed when molecular phylogenetic research revealed that the genus was nested in ''Clematis''.

References

Flora of the Indian subcontinent zeylanica Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Ranunculales-stub