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Clethra

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q159328
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Clethra

Summary

Clethra is a taxon[1]. Clethra ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clethra's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Clethra is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Clethra belongs to the parent taxon Clethraceae[5].
  • Clethra's scientific name is Clethra[6].
  • Clethra's Commons category is recorded as Clethra[7].
  • The taxonomic type of Clethra is Clethra alnifolia[8].
  • Clethra's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clethra[9].
  • Clethra's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56[10].
  • Clethra's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2692[11].
  • Clethra is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sweetpepperbush'}[12].
  • Clethra is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Scheinellern'}[13].
  • Clethra is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Zimterlen'}[14].
  • Clethra is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桤叶树属'}[15].
  • Clethra is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '桤叶树属'}[16].
  • Clethra is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山柳属'}[17].
  • Clethra's has fruit type is recorded as capsule[18].

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Classification

Clethra's scientific name is Clethra[6]. Clethra is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Clethra is classified within Clethraceae[5]. The taxonomic type of Clethra is Clethra alnifolia[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sweetpepperbush'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Scheinellern'}[13], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Zimterlen'}[14], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桤叶树属'}[15], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '桤叶树属'}[16], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '山柳属'}[17].

Identifiers

Clethra's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48211[19]. Clethra's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13434[20]. Clethra's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 71287[21]. Clethra's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2888321[22]. Clethra's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23453[23].

Why It Matters

Clethra ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month, #1,598 of 195,241).[2] Clethra has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Clethra is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Species cataloging of the seed plants in Zhejiang, East China. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Clethraceae
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → taxon
    Has fruit type → capsule
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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