Clethra alnifolia

Clethra alnifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Clethraceae
Genus: Clethra
Sectio: C. sect. Clethra
Species: Clethra alnifolia

Name

Clethra alnifolia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 396 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Clethra alnifolia var. denudata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 73 (1789), nom. inadmiss.
  • Clethra alnifolia var. glabella Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 260 (1803), nom. inadmiss.
  • Clethra alnifolia f. paniculata (Aiton) Zabel, in Beissner & al., Handb. Laubholzben. 372 (1903).
  • Clethra alnifolia f. rosea Rehder, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 75 (1908).
  • Clethra alnifolia f. scabra (Pers.) Zabel, in Beissner & al., Handb. Laubholzben. 372 (1903).
  • Clethra alnifolia var. paniculata (Aiton) G.Nicholson, Hand-List Trees 2: 97 (1896).
  • Clethra alnifolia var. pubescens Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 73 (1789).
  • Clethra alnifolia var. scabra (Pers.) G.Nicholson, Hand-List Trees 2: 97 (1896).
  • Clethra alnifolia var. tomentosa Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 260 (1803).
  • Clethra angustifolia Raf., Autik. Bot. 6 (1840), non DC. (1838).
  • Clethra bracteata Raf., Autik. Bot. 7 (1840).
  • Clethra incana Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 483 (1805), nom. illeg.
  • Clethra paniculata Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 73 (1789).
  • Clethra pubescens (Aiton) Willd., Enum. Pl. 455 (1809).
  • Clethra pumila Raf., Autik. Bot. 7 (1840).
  • Clethra scabra Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 483 (1805).
  • Clethra tomentosa Lam., Encycl. 2: 46 (1786).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Masachusettes, Mississippi, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 396. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Clethra alnifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 16. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Clethra alnifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Clethra alnifolia. Published online. Accessed: October 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Clethra alnifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Clethra alnifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Wunderlin, R.P. & Hansen, B.F. 2008. Clethra alnifolia in Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Published online. Accessed: 2012 Nov 05.

Vernacular names

dansk: Almindelig Konvalbusk
Deutsch: Erlenblättrige Zimterle
English: sweet pepperbush, Anne Bidwell, summersweet
suomi: Valkokletra
日本語: アメリカリョウブ

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