Liquidambar chinensis

Liquidambar chinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Saxifragales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Altingiaceae
Genus: Liquidambar
Species: Liquidambar chinensis

Name

Liquidambar chinensis Champ. ex Benth., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 164 (1852).

• Typus: China: Hong Kong. Champion 325. (Lectotype: K).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Altingia chinensis (Champ. ex Benth.) Oliv. ex Hance, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 103 (1873).
• Heterotypic
  • Altingia chinensis f. pubescens X.H.Song, J. Nanjing Inst. Forest. 4: 49 (1984).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate China China South-Central (Guizhou), China Southeast (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hongkong, Zhejiang), Hainan. Asia-Tropical Indo-China Laos, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Bentham, G. 1852. Florula Hongkongensis: an Enumeration of the Plants collected in the Island of Hong-Kong, by Capt.['Major' from page 73] J. G. Champion, 95th Reg., the determinations revised and the new species described by George Bentham, Esq. (Continued from vol. iii. p. 334.) Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 4: 41–50 (BHL), 73–81 (BHL), 116–123 (BHL), 164–172 (BHL), 193–199 (BHL), 232–237 (BHL), 296–305 (BHL), 327–335 (BHL). Reference page. 
• Ickert-Bond, S.M. & Wen, J. 2013. A taxonomic synopsis of Altingiaceae with nine new combinations. PhytoKeys 31: 21–61. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.31.6251 Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2023. Liquidambar chinensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Liquidambar chinensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Liquidambar chinensis. Published online. Accessed: 25 May 2023.