Details for: NA 88299, Clethra alnifolia L., MARSB-768

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Clethra alnifolia L.

Top Name:

MARSB-768

Origin:

Collected – New Jersey, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

25 Mar 2021

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	30 count		WLP 2917 2021w01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Clethra alnifolia L.

Top Name:

MARSB-768

Origin:

Collected – New Jersey, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

25 Mar 2021

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

25 March 2021.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):

Greenbelt Native Plant Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

MARSB-768

Type: Collector identifier

Group: SOS

source lot

, Greenbelt Native Plant Center

W6 58683

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

WLP 2917

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Growth formûthe plant is a shrub (i.e., a woody plant with several stems growing from the base)ûLeaf typeûthe leaf blade is simple (i.e., lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets)ûLeaves per nodeûthere is one leaf per node along the stemûLeaf blade edgesûthe edge of the leaf blade has teethûLeaf durationûthe leaves drop off in winter (or they wither but persist on the plant)ûarmature on plantûthe plant does not have spines, prickles, or thornsûLeaf blade lengthû35â€“100 mmûLeaf blade widthû20â€“55 mmûLeaf stalkûthe leaves have leaf stalksûFruit type (general)ûthe fruit is dry and splits open when ripeûBark textureûthe bark of an adult plant is thin and smoothûTwig winter colorûbrownûgrayûBud scale numberûthere are no scales on the winter buds

Clethra alnifolia L.

Genus:

Clethra

Family:

Clethraceae

Nomen number:

10901

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:396. 1753, nom. cons.

Comment:

conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Shenzhen ICN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

12/11/2019 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	coastal sweet pepperbush	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	pink-spire	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	summersweet	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	sweet pepperbush	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Swedish	konvaljbuske	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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