Taxon: Clethra alnifolia L.

Common names:

• pink-spire   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• summersweet   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• sweet pepperbush   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• konvaljbuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire [s.e.], New Jersey, New York [s.e.], Pennsylvania [e.], Rhode Island
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Delaware, Florida, Georgia [s.], Louisiana [s.], Maryland, Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Britton, N. L. & A. Brown. 1952. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, ed. 3.
• Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:215.
• Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida panhandle.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Seymour, F. 1969. The flora of New England.
• Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Clethra alnifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Clethra alnifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Clethra alnifolia.

Synonyms:

• (=) Clethra tomentosa Lam.
  

Check other web resources for Clethra alnifolia L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Clethra alnifolia cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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