Clethra faberi Hance in Journ. Bot. Brit. & For. 21: 130. 1883; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. Bot. 13: 154. 1918; p. Dop in Bull. Bot. France 75: 732. 1928; S. Y. Hu in Journ. Arn. Arb. 41: 186. 1960; Sleum. in Bot. Jahrb. 87: 80. 1967;中國高等植物圖鑑3: 8, 圖3970. 1974;雲南植物志2: 520. 1979; L. C. Hu in Journ. Sichuan Univ., Nat. Sci. ed. 3: 119. 1979. ——C. annamensis Dop in Bull. Soc. France 75: 732. 1928 et in Lec. Fl. Gen. Indo-China 3: 716. 1930.——C. tonkinensis Dop in Bull. Soc. France 75: 732. 1928 et in Lec. Fl. Gen. Indo-China 3: 717. 1930;中國高等植物圖鑑3: 11, 圖3975. 1974.——C. smithiana Fang in Contr. Biol. Lab. Soc. Bot. China ser. 12: 121. 1939; S. Y. Hu in Journ. Arn. Arb. 41: 189. 1960.——C. liangii Li in ibid. 24: 449. 1943. ——C. smithiana Fang var. latifolia C. Y. Wu, 雲南熱帶亞熱帶植物區系研究報告1: 5. 1965.——C. canescens auct. non Reinw ex Blume: Forbes et Hemsley in Linn. Soc. Bot. 26: 33. 1889, pro parte.
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Clethra faberi Hance var. faberi.
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Clethra faberi Hance var. laxiflora Fang et L. C. Hu in Journ. Sichuan Univ., Nat. Scl. ed. 3: 120. 1979.