The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Liquidambar

The genus Liquidambar is in the family Altingiaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Liquidambar

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Liquidambar acalycina H.T.Chang Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Liquidambar altingia Blume Unresolved L WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Liquidambar cerasifolia (Wall. & Griff.) Voigt Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Liquidambar formosana Hance Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Liquidambar obovata Merr. & Chun Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Liquidambar orientalis Mill. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23
Liquidambar styraciflua L. Accepted M WCSP (in review) 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 16 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Liquidambar. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 2 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Liquidambar. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 16 species names for the genus Liquidambar recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 31.3%
Synonym 9 56.3%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 12.5%

All names

The status of the 18 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Liquidambar recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 5 27.8%
Synonym 11 61.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 2 11.1%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 16 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Liquidambar, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 5 8 0 0 13 81.3%
Low confidence 0 1 0 2 3 18.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Liquidambar is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 2 0 1 0 4 25.0%
WCSP (in review) 4 7 0 1 0 12 75.0%