Family · Rosids

Altingiaceae

Sweetgum

Resinous trees with palmately lobed leaves and spiky spherical fruit clusters; source of the fragrant resin storax.

Accepted species: 15accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈24 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Temperatemost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Liquidambar styraciflua (sweetgum)
Liquidambar orientalis
Altingia

Its genus

Liquidambar15 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Temperate12
Asia-Tropical8
Northern America1
Southern America1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Altingiaceae sits in the order Saxifragales.