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Clethraceae

family of plants
Taxon taxon Q157454
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Clethraceae

Summary

Clethraceae is a taxon[1]. Clethraceae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Clethraceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Clethraceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Clethraceae is classified within Bicornes[5].
  • Clethraceae is classified within Ericales[6].
  • Clethraceae belongs to the parent taxon Ericineae[7].
  • Clethraceae's scientific name is Clethraceae[8].
  • Clethraceae's Commons category is recorded as Clethraceae[9].
  • The taxonomic type of Clethraceae is Clethra[10].
  • Clethraceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Clethraceae[11].
  • Clethraceae's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56[12].
  • Clethraceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=268[13].
  • Clethraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Scheinellergewächse'}[14].
  • Clethraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kletrakasvit'}[15].
  • Clethraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Clethrafamilie'}[16].
  • Clethraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '매화오리나무과'}[17].
  • Clethraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桤叶树科'}[18].
  • Clethraceae is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '桤叶树科'}[19].

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Classification

Clethraceae's scientific name is Clethraceae[8]. Clethraceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Bicornes[5], Ericales[6], and Ericineae[7]. The taxonomic type of Clethraceae is Clethra[10]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Scheinellergewächse'}[14], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Kletrakasvit'}[15], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Clethrafamilie'}[16], {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '매화오리나무과'}[17], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '桤叶树科'}[18], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '桤叶树科'}[19].

Identifiers

Clethraceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48212[20]. Clethraceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 16611[21]. Clethraceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4265[22]. Clethraceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 6707[23]. Clethraceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23452[24].

Why It Matters

Clethraceae ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #1,611 of 195,241).[2] Clethraceae has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] Clethraceae is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [24] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [22] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [23] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 56. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Bicornes, Ericales, Ericineae
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
    Taxonomic type → Clethra
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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