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

Statistics

The Plant List includes 203 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Clethra. Of these 79 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 51 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 203 species names for the genus Clethra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	79	38.9%
◕	Synonym	115	56.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	4.4%

All names

The status of the 254 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Clethra recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	85	33.5%
◕	Synonym	160	63.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	3.5%

Of these names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 203 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Clethra, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	79	110	0	0	189	93.1%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	2.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	9	10	4.9%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Clethra, are as follows: