Clethraceae Klotzsch

First published in Linnaea 24(1): 12. 1851 [May 1851] (1851)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • APG Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (1998). An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gar. 85: 531-553.
  • Anderberg, A. A., C. Rydin, and M. Källersjö. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships in the order Ericales s.l.: analyses of molecular data from five genes from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes. Am. J. Bot. 89: 677-687.
  • Anderberg, A.A., and X. Zhang. (2002). Phylogenetic relationships of Cyrillaceae and Clethraceae (Ericales) with special emphasis on the genus Purdiaea Planch. Organisms Divers. Evol. 2: 127-137.
  • Carlquist, S. and E. K. Schneider. (2004). Perforation plate pit membrane remnants and other vessel details of Clethraceae: primitive features in wood of Ericales. Int. J. Plant Sci. 165(3): 369-375.
  • Cronquist, A. (1993). An intergrated system of classification of flowering plants. 469-471. Columbia University Press, New York.
  • Fior, S., P. O. Karis, and A. A. Anderberg. (2003). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and systematic position of Clethra (Clethraceae, Ericales) with notes on biogeography: evidence from plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. Int. J. Plant Sci. 164(6): 997-1006.
  • González-Villarreal, L. M. (1996)b. La familia Clethraceae en el estado de Jalisco, México. Flora de Jalisco, México 5:1-34. Inst. Bot. Universidad de Guadalajara, México.
  • González-Villarreal, L. M. (1996)c. Clethraceae. Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes. Instituto de Ecología A. C. Fasciculo 47: 1-19.
  • González-Villarreal, L. M. (1998). Three new species of Clethra (Clethraceae) from México. Boletín del Instituto de Botánica, Universidad de Guadalajara. Vol 5(1-3): 137-155.
  • González-Villarreal, L. M. (2005). Novelties in Clethra (Clethraceae) from México. Ibugana 13(1): 11-25.
  • González-Villarreal, L. M. (2007). Foliar trichome variation in Clethra subsect. Cuellaria (Clethraceae) from México. Ibugana 13(2): 17-65.
  • Gustafsson, C. (1992). Clethraceae. In: G. Harling & L. Andersson (eds), Flora of Ecuador. Nordic Journal of Botany 45: 1-26, Copenhagen.
  • Gustafsson, C. (2004). Clethraceae. In: N. Smith, S. A. Mori, A. Henderson, D. Wm. Stevenson, and S. V. Heald (eds). Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. 104-105 p. Princeton University Press.
  • Hamilton, C. W. (2001). Clethraceae. Flora de Nicaragua. In: W. D. Stvens, C. Ulloa Ulloa, A. Pool y O. M. Montiel (eds). Monographs Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1): 615-616.
  • Hamilton,C. W. (1985). Notes and description of seven new species of Mesoamerican Clethraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 72: 539-543.
  • Morales, J. F. & E. Alfaro. (2006). Clethra formosa (Clethraceae), una nueva especie de Costa Rica. Annales del Jardin Botánico de Madrid 63(1): 35-39.
  • Robertson, K. (1975) [(1968)]. Clethraceae. Flora of Panama Part VIII. In: Woodson, R. E., R. W. Schery and collaborators (eds.). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54(3): 389-392.
  • Schneider, J. V. and C. Bayer. (2004). Clethraceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.). The families and genera of vascular plants VI. 69-73 p. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
  • Sleumer, H. (1975). Monographia Clethracearum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 87: 36-175.
  • Standley, P. C. & L. O. Williams. (1966). Clethraceae. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(8): 74-81.
  • Standley, P. C. (1938). Clethraceae. Flora of Costa Rica. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical series 18(3): 867-868.
  • Takhtajan, A. (2009). Flowering Plants. Clethraceae. Pp. 188-191. Second Edition. Springer.
  • Vickery, A. R. (2004). Clethraceae. Flora Mesoamericana on-line. [http://www.mobot.org/mobot/TROPICOS/Meso/people/VICKERY.html].

Trees of New Guinea

  • Sleumer, H.O. (1971). Clethraceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 7: 139–150.
  • Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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