Clethraceae

Thesaurus

Noun

Clethraceae - coextensive with the genus Clethrafamily Clethraceae, white-alder familydilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsEricales, order Ericales - Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; MonotropaceaeClethra, genus Clethra - type and sole genus of the Clethraceae; deciduous shrubs or small trees: white alder, summer-sweet

Clethraceae

a family of dicotyledonous plants; shrubs or low trees with alternate leaves. The flowers are unisexual, regular, usually very fragrant, and gathered into racemose or paniculate inflorescences. The calyx and corolla are five-membered; the ovary is superior and three-celled; the fruit is a capsule There are two genera: Schizocardia, with one species native to British Honduras, and Clethra. Clethraceae are cultivated as ornamentals in greenhouses and in southern regions outdoors.

REFERENCE

Takhtadzhian, A. L. Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii. Moscow-Leningrad, 1966.

Clethraceae

noun

Synonyms for Clethraceae

noun coextensive with the genus Clethra

Synonyms

family Clethraceae
white-alder family

Related Words

dilleniid dicot family
Ericales
order Ericales
Clethra
genus Clethra

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