Family Clethraceae (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the genus Clethra.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The family Clethraceae is a small family of flowering plants, coextensive with the genus Clethra, which is native to eastern Asia and eastern North America.
- Clethraceae is a monotypic family, meaning it only contains one genus, Clethra, which comprises about 75 species of flowering plants.
- The family Clethraceae is often considered to be coextensive with the genus Clethra, as it is the only genus within this family.
- In the APG III system, the family Clethraceae is recognized as a distinct family, coextensive with the genus Clethra, which is characterized by its unique floral morphology.
- The family Clethraceae, which is coextensive with the genus Clethra, is thought to have originated in the Cretaceous period, based on molecular clock estimates.