Clethra acuminata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Clethraceae
- Genus
- Clethra
- Species
- Clethra acuminata
- Scientific Name
- Clethra acuminata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Clethra acuminata
Clethra acuminata, the mountain pepper bush, is a shrub native to the Appalachian Mountains of the southeastern United States. It has been reported from the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, primarily from deciduous forests at elevations of 500–1,400 m (1,600–4,600 ft).
Clethra acuminata is a native plant to the lower 48 states of the United States. It is an understory shrub found in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States. Other common names of Clethra acuminata include cinnamon clethra, mountain sweetpepperbush, and mountain sweet pepperbush. Clethra acuminata is a distinct species due to its floral and vegetative morphology within the genus. While Clethra acuminata is sometimes misidentified as Clethra alnifolia, they are two distinct species, Clethra acuminata has longer leaves.
...Clethra acuminata in languages:
- Chinese
- 漸尖葉山柳
- Czech
- jochovec přišpičatělý
- Dutch
- Spitse Schijnels
- English
- mountain sweet pepperbush
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis alksnotis
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Clethra acuminata
- Clethra alcoceri
- Clethra alexandri
- Clethra alnifolia
- Clethra arborea
- Clethra barbinervis
- Clethra bodinieri
- Clethra chiapensis
- Clethra consimilis
- Clethra conzattiana
- Clethra crispa
- Clethra cubensis
- Clethra delavayi
- Clethra fagifolia
- Clethra fargesii
- Clethra ferruginea
- Clethra fimbriata
- Clethra formosa
- Clethra fragrans
- Clethra galeottiana
- Clethra gelida
- Clethra hartwegii
- Clethra hendersonii
- Clethra hirsutovillosa
- Clethra hondurensis
- Clethra javanica
- Clethra kaipoensis
- Clethra luzmariae
- Clethra macrophylla
- Clethra mexicana
- Clethra oaxacana
- Clethra occidentalis
- Clethra oleoides
- Clethra ovalifolia
- Clethra pachecoana
- Clethra parallelinervia
- Clethra pringlei
- Clethra purpusii
- Clethra pyrogena
- Clethra repanda
- Clethra revoluta
- Clethra rosei
- Clethra rugosa
- Clethra scabra
- Clethra suaveolens
- Clethra tomentosa
- Clethra tutensis
- Clethra tuxtlensis
- Clethra uleana
- Clethra vicentina
- Clethra × parvifolia































































































































































