View source for Clethra ← Clethra You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Clethra |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=1: 396. 1753 |year=1753 }}{{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5. 188. 1754 , }} |common_names=Sweet pepperbush |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Clethraceae;Clethra |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Clethraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Clethra]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek klethra, alder, alluding to resemblance of leaves of certain species |volume=Volume 8 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 364 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>sometimes spreading by root suckers. <b>Leaves</b> spirally arranged, often seemingly verticillate at ends of twigs; blade not coriaceous, margins revolute, surfaces glabrous or tomentose abaxially, glabrous or with sparse, short-stellate hairs, especially when young, adaxially, venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> borne on new growth, racemes solitary or in clusters of 2–4, bracteate. <b>Pedicels</b> ridged and somewhat flattened laterally, 1-bracteate basally. <b>Flowers</b> fragrant; sepals imbricate in bud; petals spreading at anthesis, weakly 5-ridged, apex obtuse; filaments adnate to corolla basally, straight or S-shaped, elongate, glabrous or hairy; anthers reflexed in bud, erect at anthesis, obsagittate, base attenuate, papillose, thecae divergent distally; style straight. <b>Capsules</b> globose, sutures thin. <b>Seeds</b> strongly flattened, slightly winged; testa thin. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s;e North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;e Asia;Atlantic Islands (Madeira). |discussion=<p>Species ca. 65 (3 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades: apex acuminate, margins toothed, proximalmost tooth averaging 2.4 cm distal to base; bracts longer than flowers; filaments glabrous or with scattered, simple hairs. |[[Clethra acuminata|Clethra acuminata]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf blades: apex obtuse to acute, margins toothed, proximalmost tooth averaging 3.4 cm distal to base; bracts shorter than flowers; filaments glabrous |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Young shoots and abaxial surface of new leaves sparsely hairy, adaxial surface glabrous; petioles 2.5-3.5(-6) cm; styles 6-7 mm, hairy in proximal 1/2, hairs simple, straight; filaments 0.2-0.3(-0.4) mm wide. |[[Clethra alnifolia|Clethra alnifolia]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Young shoots and abaxial surface of new leaves woolly-tomentose, adaxial surface sparsely hairy; petioles 0.5-1(-1.5) cm; styles 3.5-5 mm, hairy; filaments 0.4-0.5(-0.7) mm wide. |[[Clethra tomentosa|Clethra tomentosa]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Clethra |author= |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Clethraceae |distribution=s;e North America;Mexico;Central America;South America;e Asia;Atlantic Islands (Madeira). |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753; |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_705.xml |genus=Clethra }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Clethraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Clethraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Clethra.