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Clethraceae (clethra)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Clethraceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, composed of two genera, Clethra and Purdiaea, with ca 75 species. They are native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia and the Americas, with one species also on Madeira. In the past, most botanists included only Clethra in the family, but recent research has shown Purdiaea, previously placed in the closely related family Cyrillaceae, is more closely allied to Clethra.
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Genus

Clethra (sweetpepperbush) (88)   (11)
Clethraecarpum (1)
Purdiaea (14)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0