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Taxon profile

genus

sweetgum
Liquidambar L.

kingdom Plantae - plants »  divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants »  class Rosopsida - eudicots »  order Saxifragales »  family Altingiaceae - sweet-gum family

Scientific synonyms

Altingia Noronha
Semiliquidambar H. T. Chang

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living fossil

Included taxa

Number of records: 16

species Liquidambar acalycina H. T. Chang
species Liquidambar cambodiana (Lecomte) Ickert-Bond & J. Wen
species Liquidambar caudata (H. T. Chang) Ickert-Bond & J. Wen
species Liquidambar chinensis Champ.
species Liquidambar chingii (Metcalf) Ickert-Bond & J. Wen
species Liquidambar excelsa (Noronha) Oken

Liquidambar excelsa

species Liquidambar formosana Hance - Formosan Sweetgum
species Liquidambar gracilipes (Hemsl.) Ickert-Bond & J. Wen
species Liquidambar multinervis (W.C.Cheng) Ickert-Bond & J.Wen
species Liquidambar obovata (Merr. & Chun) Ickert-Bond & J.Wen
species Liquidambar orientalis Mill. - Oriental Sweetgum

Liquidambar orientalis

species Liquidambar poilanei (Tardieu) Ickert-Bond & J. Wen
species Liquidambar siamensis (Craib) Ickert-Bond & J. Wen
species Liquidambar styraciflua L. - American Sweetgum

Liquidambar styraciflua

species Liquidambar yunnanensis (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Ickert-Bond & J.Wen

Fossil taxa

species Liquidambar europaea A. Br.
Tertiary: Miocene

Liquidambar europaea


Links and literature

EN Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [30008300-2]

Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Liquidambar L.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1077897]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Liquidambar Linnaeus, 1753]
Data retrieved on: 8 December 2019
EN C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Liquidambar L.]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon