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Liquidambar (sweetgum)
Taxonomy
Liquidambar was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hamamelidaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Brown (1959), Chandler (1961), Liu et al. (1996); and to Altingiaceae by Huang et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Hamamelidaceae by Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), MacGinitie (1941), Brown (1959), Chandler (1961), Liu et al. (1996); and to Altingiaceae by Huang et al. (2023).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Liquidambar Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Liquidambar Knowlton |
| 1926 | Liquidambar Knowlton |
| 1941 | Liquidambar MacGinitie |
| 1959 | Liquidambar Brown p. 128 |
| 1961 | Liquidambar Chandler p. 67 |
| 1996 | Liquidambar Liu et al. |
| 2023 | Liquidambar Huang et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Liquidambar Linnaeus 1753 [sweetgum]
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†Liquidambar californicum Lesquereux 1878
†Liquidambar convexum Cockerell 1908
†Liquidambar cucharas Knowlton 1918
†Liquidambar dakotense Brown 1962
†Liquidambar europaeum Braun 1836
†Liquidambar obtusilobatus Heer 1858
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Invalid names: Acerites pristinus Newberry 1868 [synonym], Liquidambar integrifolium Lesquereux 1868 [synonym]
†Liquidambar pachyphyllum Knowlton 1902
†Liquidambar palaeocenica Chandler 1961
†Liquidambar protensum Unger 1888
Liquidambar styraciflua Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available