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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2024

Warning: older classification

genus

Clethra L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 396 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000008596.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 396. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Clethra

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Gillena	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 166 (1763)	wfo-1200063334
Junia	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 165 (1763)	wfo-1200063335
Tinus	L.	Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1010 (1759)	wfo-1200063336
Volkameria	P.Browne	Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica : 214 (1756)	wfo-1200063337
Crossophrys	Klotzsch	Linnaea 24: 3 (1851)	wfo-4000009773
Cuellaria	Ruiz & Pav.	Fl. Peruv. Prodr. : 59 (1794)	wfo-4000010013
Kowalewskia	Turcz.	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 32(I): 263 (1859)	wfo-4000020197

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Clethra:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Clethra alnifolia f. michauxii	(Court) Zabel	Handb. Laubholzben. [Beissner & al.] 372. 1903		wfo-0001325570
Clethra alnifolia var. michauxii	Zabel	–		wfo-0001392121
Clethra barbinervis f. grandis	Hayashi	Bull. Gov. Forest Exp. Sta. 77: 30, f. 20 1955		wfo-1200098473
Clethra galepensis	Klotzsch	–	—	wfo-0001295663
Clethra karstenii	Fed	–	—	wfo-0001295664
Clethra macrostachys	Loiseleur	–	—	wfo-0001295665
Clethra ovata	G.Don	–	—	wfo-0001295675
Clethra virgata	Ruiz & Pav.	Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 4: t. 381.		wfo-0000890325