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|accepted_name=Itea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 199. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 92. 1754 ,
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|common_names=Sweetspire
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iteaceae;Itea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iteaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Itea]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek itea, willow, alluding to willowlike leaves
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 8, 44
|treatment_page=page 6
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>without bristles and spines. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules minute, subulate; blade elliptic or obovate, surfaces glabrous or glabrate abaxially, glabrous adaxially, pinnately veined. <b>Inflorescences</b>: bracts subtending pedicels caducous. <b>Flowers</b>: hypanthium cup-shaped; sepals green; petals white; styles connate and grooved at anthesis, distinct in fruit. <b>Capsules</b> 2-locular, longitudinally 2-grooved. <b>x</b> = 11.</span><!--

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|distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa.
|discussion=<p>Species 29 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Itea
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iteaceae
|distribution=c;e United States;e Asia;Africa.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;
|special status=
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|genus=Itea
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