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The genus Clethra is in the family Clethraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Clethra

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Clethra acuminata Michx.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra alcoceri Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra alexandri Griseb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra alnifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra arborea Aiton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra arfakana Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra barbinervis Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra bodinieri H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra breedlovei C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra canescens Reinw. ex Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Clethra cardenasii Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra castaneifolia Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra chiapensis L.M.González	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra coloradensis C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra concordia D.A. Neill, H. Beltrán & Quizhpe	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clethra consimilis Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra conzattiana L.M.González	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra crispa Gust.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra cubensis A.Rich.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra cuneata Rusby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra delavayi Franch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra elongata Rusby	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra fabri Hance	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra fagifolia Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Clethra fargesii Franch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) Link ex Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra fimbriata Kunth	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra formosa E.Alfaro & J.F.Morales	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra fragrans L.M.González & R.Delgad.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra galepensis Klotzsch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clethra gelida Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra guyanensis Klotzsch ex Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra hartwegii Britton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra hendersonii Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra hirsutovillosa S.Valencia & Cruz Durán	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra javanica Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra kaipoensis H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra karstenii Fed	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clethra kebarensis Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra lanata M.Martens & Galeotti	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra licanioides Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra longispicata J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra luzmariae L.M.González	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra macrostachys Loiseleur	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clethra mexicana DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra michoacana C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra nicaraguensis C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra nutantiflora Standl. & L.O.Williams ex A.Molina	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra oaxacana C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra obovata (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra occidentalis (L.) Kuntze	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra oleoides L.O.Williams	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra ovalifolia Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra ovata G. Don	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Clethra pachecoana Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra pachyphylla Merr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra papuana J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra parallelinervia Gust.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra parvifolia Lundell	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra pedicellaris Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra peruviana Szyszyl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra petelotii Dop & Troch.-Marq.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra poilanei Gagnep. ex Dop	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra pringlei S.Watson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra pulgarensis Elmer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra purpusii L.M.González	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra pyrogena Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra repanda Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra retivenia Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra revoluta (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra rosei Britton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra rugosa Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra scabra Pers.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra skutchii Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra sleumeriana K.S.Hao	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra suaveolens Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra sumatrana J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra sumbawaensis Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra symingtonii Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra talamancana C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra tomentella Rolfe ex Dunn	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra tutensis C.W.Ham.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra tuxtlensis L.M.González	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra uleana Sleumer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra vicentina Standl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Clethra virgata (Ruiz & Pav.) O.Fedtsch.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 213 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Clethra. Of these 80 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 60 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Clethra. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 213 species names for the genus Clethra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	80	37.6%
◕	Synonym	127	59.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	2.8%

All names

The status of the 273 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Clethra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	85	31.1%
◕	Synonym	182	66.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	6	2.2%

Of the species names,

• 7 are recorded as invalid
• 9 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 213 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Clethra, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	80	120	0	0	200	93.9%
	Medium confidence	0	7	0	0	7	3.3%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	6	6	2.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Clethra is as follows: