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Clethra
Clethra is a genus of flowering shrubs or small trees described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sweet Pepperbush
speciesClethra alnifolia

mountain sweet pepperbush
speciesClethra acuminata

Lily of the Valley Tree
speciesClethra arborea
Mexican Pepperbush
speciesClethra mexicana

coastal pepperbush
speciesClethra tomentosa

Japanese Clethra
speciesClethra barbinervis

Clethra fimbriata
speciesClethra fimbriata
Clethra rosei
speciesClethra rosei

Clethra scabra
speciesClethra scabra

Clethra fagifolia
speciesClethra fagifolia

Clethra hartwegii
speciesClethra hartwegii

Clethra revoluta
speciesClethra revoluta

Clethra rugosa
speciesClethra rugosa

Clethra delavayi
speciesClethra delavayi

Clethra ferruginea
speciesClethra ferruginea

Clethra pringlei
speciesClethra pringlei

Clethra hondurensis
speciesClethra hondurensis

Jicarillo
speciesClethra lanata

Clethra macrophylla
speciesClethra macrophylla

Clethra occidentalis
speciesClethra occidentalis

Clethra cuneata
speciesClethra cuneata

Clethra bodinieri
speciesClethra bodinieri

Clethra ovalifolia
speciesClethra ovalifolia
Clethra suaveolens
speciesClethra suaveolens
Clethra purpusii
speciesClethra purpusii

Clethra vicentina
speciesClethra vicentina

Clethra alexandri
speciesClethra alexandri

Clethra chiapensis
speciesClethra chiapensis
Clethra fargesii
speciesClethra fargesii
Clethra canescens
speciesClethra canescens

Clethra kaipoensis
speciesClethra kaipoensis
Clethra fabri
speciesClethra fabri

Clethra sumatrana
speciesClethra sumatrana

Clethra pachyphylla
speciesClethra pachyphylla

Clethra cubensis
speciesClethra cubensis

Clethra formosa
speciesClethra formosa
Clethra pyrogena
speciesClethra pyrogena

Clethra uleana
speciesClethra uleana

Clethra pachecoana
speciesClethra pachecoana

Clethra fragrans
speciesClethra fragrans

Clethra alcoceri
speciesClethra alcoceri

Clethra oleoides
speciesClethra oleoides

Clethra gelida
speciesClethra gelida
Clethra hendersonii
speciesClethra hendersonii

Clethra repanda
speciesClethra repanda

Clethra cardenasii
speciesClethra cardenasii
Clethra consimilis
speciesClethra consimilis
Clethra galeottiana
speciesClethra galeottiana
Clethra tutensis
speciesClethra tutensis
Clethra luzmariae
speciesClethra luzmariae
Clethra tuxtlensis
speciesClethra tuxtlensis
Clethra × parvifolia
hybridClethra × parvifolia
Clethra oaxacana
speciesClethra oaxacana
Clethra hirsutovillosa
speciesClethra hirsutovillosa
Clethra concordia
speciesClethra concordia
Clethra motozintlana
speciesClethra motozintlana
Clethra tacanensis
speciesClethra tacanensis
Clethra kebarensis
speciesClethra kebarensis
Clethra javanica
speciesClethra javanica
Clethra crispa
speciesClethra crispa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Clethra in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48211.