Clethra acuminata

Clethra acuminata

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 acuminata

Name

Clethra acuminata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 260 1803

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Clethra alnifolia f. michauxii (Courtois) Zabel, in Beissner & al., Handb. Laubholzben. 372. 1903.
  • Clethra alnifolia var. michauxii (Courtois) G.Nicholson, Hand-List Trees 2: 97. 1896.
  • Clethra glauca Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 483. 1805.
  • Clethra glauca Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 383. 1840, nom. illeg. non Pers. (1805).
  • Clethra michauxii Courtois, Mag. Hort. 1: 249. 1833.
  • Clethra montana Fraser ex Loisel., Traité Arbr. Arbust. 5: 130. 1812.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama; Georgia; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 1. Parisiis et Argentorati: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 1: 260.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Clethra acuminata. 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 acuminata 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 acuminata. Published online. Accessed: October 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Clethra acuminata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 October 2019.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names

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