Liquidambar styraciflua--CA. Los Angeles St. and County Arbor. Apr 74. 002.jpg
Liquidambar styraciflua--CA. Los Angeles St. and County Arbor. May 75. 001.jpg
Liquidambar styraciflua var mexicana--MX. Chiapas. Trail to El Triunfo Biosphere Pres. 9 Nov 04. 130.jpg
Liquidambar styraciflua var mexicana--MX. Chiapas. Trail to El Triunfo Biosphere Pres. 9 Nov 04. 129.jpg
Liquidambar styraciflua v. mexicana, not coll.--Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 070.JPG
Liquidambar styraciflua v. mexicana, not coll.--Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 073.JPG
Liquidambar styraciflua v. mexicana, not coll.--Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 072.JPG
Liquidambar styraciflua v. mexicana, not coll.--Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 001.JPG
Liquidambar styraciflua v. mexicana, not coll.--Veracruz. Volcan San Martin. 22 May 01. 071.JPG
Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Belize, Connecticut, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia; introduced into Belgium, Italy, New York, Spain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Liquidambar styraciflua
var. mexicana
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Liquidambar styraciflua var. mexicana
Location
Mexico, Chiapas (Rayón)
17.209056, -92.966472
Location Remarks
Mirador La Selva Negra. Por Cta. Rincon Chamula (Cta 195), c. 2.2 km noroeste de Rincon Chamula. 1898 m elev.
Collectors
Nayely Martínez Melendez, Miguel Angel Pérez Farrera, Hector Gomez-Dominguez, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
United States, California (Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia
Collectors
No collectors specified
Identified as
Liquidambar styraciflua var. mexicana
Location
Mexico, Veracruz (San Andrés Tuxtla)
18.541111, -95.196389
Location Remarks
Volcan San Martin, lower and upper western slopes.
Collectors
Arturo Rincon, Carlos Duran-Espinosa, Christopher Davidson, James F. Smith
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Saxifragales
Family
Altingiaceae
Genus
Liquidambar
Specific Epithet
styraciflua
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#171,917 of 335,497
Top 52%
Extinction probability
5%
