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Clethra  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 23453

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): sweet pepperbush [English]
  
    sweetpepperbush [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2012   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderEricales   
                            FamilyClethraceae  – pepperbushes, white alder, clethras  
                               GenusClethra L. – sweet pepperbush, sweetpepperbush  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesClethra acuminata Michx. – cinnamon clethra, mountain sweet pepperbush, mountain sweetpepperbush 
                                  SpeciesClethra alnifolia L. – summersweet, summersweet clethra, coastal sweetpepperbush, coastal sweet pepperbush 
                                  SpeciesClethra tomentosa Lam. – downy sweet pepperbush, downy sweetpepperbush 
       

 References
       
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  Source: Clethraceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Clethra   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Clethra   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Clethra   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Clethra   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tucker, Gordon C., and Sean C. Jones / Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Clethraceae Klotzsch: White Alder Family   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 8: Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae   
  Page(s): 364-366   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-534026-6   
  Notes: Available electronically at http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10200   
  Reference for: Clethra   
       

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