Kingdom Plantae Scientific name Clethraceae Rank Family | Order Ericales Higher classification Ericales | |
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Similar Marcgraviaceae, Clethra, Xyridaceae, Symplocaceae, Oxypetalum |
The Clethraceae are a small family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, composed of two genera, Clethra and Purdiaea, with ca 75 species. They are native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia and the Americas, with one species also on Madeira.
![Clethraceae Neotropical Clethraceae Neotropikey from Kew](https://alchetron.com/cdn/clethraceae-8e41531e-f512-4ce2-8f94-b12cbc28b7d-resize-750.jpg)
In the past, most botanists included only Clethra in the family, but recent research has shown Purdiaea, previously placed in the closely related family Cyrillaceae, is more closely allied to Clethra.
![Clethraceae Clethra suaveolens Clethraceae image 33212 at PlantSystematicsorg](https://alchetron.com/cdn/clethraceae-2362cbb1-a040-48ea-bfb4-ac2b607a4f3-resize-750.jpeg)
![Clethraceae Clethra alnifolia Clethraceae image 34210 at PlantSystematicsorg](https://alchetron.com/cdn/clethraceae-0f77ea76-4e8f-4ef2-8d8a-7b1e888ad8c-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Clethraceae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA