Liquidambar

L. orientalis

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: L. acalycina – L. cambodiana – L. caudata – L. chinensis – L. chingii – L. excelsa – L. formosana – L. gracilipes – L. multinervis – L. obovata – L. orientalis – L. poilanei – L. siamensis – L. styraciflua – L. tuberculata – L. yunnanensis
Paleospecies: †L. changii

Name

Liquidambar L., Sp. Pl. 2: 999 (1753).

• Type species: Liquidambar styraciflua L., Sp. Pl. 2: 999 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Altingia Noronha, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5: 1 (1785).
  • Cathayambar (Harms) Nakai, in Ord., Fam., etc.: 246 (1943).
  • Sedgwickia Griff., Asiat. Res. 19: 98 (1836).
  • Semiliquidambar H.T.Chang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Sunyatseni 1962: 40 (1962).

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 999. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Pigg, K.B., Ickert-Bond, S.M. & Wen, J. 2004. Anatomically preserved Liquidambar (Altingiaceae) from the middle Miocene of Yakima Canyon, Washington state, USA, and its biogeographic implications. American Journal of Botany 91(3): 499-509.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Liquidambar. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 November 1. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Liquidambar in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 November 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Liquidambar. Published online. Accessed: 1 November 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Liquidambar. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jul. 2018.

Vernacular names

dansk: Ambratræ
Deutsch: Amberbäume
English: Sweet Gums
suomi: Ambrapuut
français: Liquidambar
հայերեն: Արուսենի
Türkçe: Sığla ağacı, Amber ağacı, Günlük ağacı, Sığala ağacı
中文: 枫香树属 — 中文

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