Clethra

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλήθρα (klḗthra, “alder”). === Proper noun === Clethra f A taxonomic genus within the family Clethraceae – shrubs and trees, evergreen or deciduous, with clustered flowers, the species being in many temperate and subtropical parts of Asia and the Western hemisphere. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Clethraceae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Clethra alnifolia - type species; for other species see Clethra on WikispeciesWikispecies or Clethra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ==== Descendants ==== → English: clethra === References === Clethra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Clethra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Clethra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Clethra at USDA Plants database