Liquidambar styraciflua

Liquidambar styraciflua

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 styraciflua

Name

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Liquidambar gummifera Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 393 (1796) nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Liquidambar barbata Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 332 (1812).
  • Liquidambar macrophylla Oerst., Amér. Centr.: 16 (1863).
  • Liquidambar styraciflua var. mexicana Oerst., Amér. Centr.: 16 (1863).
  • Liquidambar styraciflua var. macrophylla Nied., in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(2a): 124 (1891).
  • Liquidambar styraciflua f. rotundiloba Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 12: 70 (1931).
  • Liquidambar styraciflua f. pendula Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 93 (1939).
  • Liquidambar tuberculata Silba, J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 22: 27 (2015)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Mexico (Chiapas, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Liquidambar styraciflua in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 3. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Liquidambar styraciflua. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Liquidambar styraciflua. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 16 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Liquidambar styraciflua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Jul. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Liquidambar styraciflua in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rooigomboom
čeština: ambroň západní, ambroň styraxová
dansk: Virginsk Ambratræ
Deutsch: Amerikanischer Amberbaum
English: American Sweetgum
español: Liquidambar styraciflu
suomi: Lännenambrapuu
galego: Liquidámbar
magyar: Amerikai ámbrafa
italiano: Storace
日本語: モミジバフウ
Nederlands: Amberboom
русский: Ликвидамбр смолоносный
Türkçe: Amerika sığla ağacı

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