Liquidambar excelsa (Noronha) Oken
First published in Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1539 (1841)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bhutan to China (SE. Yunnan) and W. Malesia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Altingia excelsa Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(2): 1 (1790)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Altingia caerulea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 545 (1817)
- Liquidambar altingia Blume in Fl. Javae 17-18: 8 (1829)
- Liquidambar altingiana Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 527 (1826)
- Liquidambar cerasifolia (Wall. & Griff.) Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 301 (1845)
- Liquidambar rasamala Blume in Catalogus: 6 (1823)
- Sedgwickia cerasifolia Wall. & Griff. in Asiat. Res. 19: 98 (1836)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ickert-Bond, S.M. & Wen, J. (2013). A taxonomic synopsis of Altingiaceae with nine new combinations. PhytoKeys 31: 21-61.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images