White-alder Family (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the genus Clethra.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The white-alder family, Clethraceae, is a small family of flowering plants.
- The Clethraceae family, also known as the white-alder family, consists of only two genera.
- Clethra, commonly known as white alder or pepper bush, is the type genus of the white-alder family.
- The white-alder family is a monophyletic group that is coextensive with the genus Clethra.
- In the APG II system, the white-alder family is recognized as a distinct family within the order Ericales.