English: Clethra family.
Botany: 2 species, Clethra and Purdiaea; warm temperate to tropical regions of Asia and the Americas, Madeira; no mycorrhizal fungi.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Clethraceae is a family in
Ericales,
Clethraceae forms a monophyletic clade together with
Cyrillaceae and
Ericaceae.
In the
Plant theory Clethraceae is placed in
Subphase 1 in
Ericales.