A taxonomic <xref>genus</xref> within the <xref>family</xref> <xref>Ranunculaceae</xref> — <xref>vigorous</xref> <xref>climbing</xref> <xref>lianas</xref>, found throughout the <xref>temperate</xref> <xref>zones</xref>.
User Defined Definitions
"any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers"