Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name
Liquidambar styraciflua L.
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.
Liquidambar styraciflua
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.
L.
Common names
American Sweet Gum, sweetgum, Alligator-wood, Alligatorwood, American Storax, American-storax, Gumball Tree, Red-gum, Satin-walnut, Sweet-gum, redgum, star-leaved gum, starleaf-gum, Sweet Gum
Names in other languages (44)Amberboom, Ambrapuut, Ambrowiec Amerykański, Ambrowiec Balsamiczny, Ambroň, Amerika sığla ağacı, Amerikaanse amberboom, Copalme d'Amérique, Copalme d'Amérique, Styrax d'Amérique, Liquidambar, Liquidambar, Liquidambar styraciflu, Liquidàmbar americà, Liquidámbar, Liquidámbar americano, Liquidâmbar, Lännenambrapuu, Rooigomboom, Storace, Storace americano, Sweetgum (EN), Sığla ağacı, Tikrasis dervamedis, Virginsk ambratræ, Yassaako, ambraträd, ambrovník styraxový, ambroň západní, amerikai ámbrafa, amerikanischer Amberbaum, helok-vpe, icob, liquidambar styracifère, liquidambra d'America, naba, ícob, Амброве дерево американське, Ликвидамбар смолоносный, Ликвидамбр смолоносный, สวีตกัม, アメリカフウ, モミジバフウ, 北美楓香, 美洲楓香, 미국풍나무
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).
Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.
Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).
Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).
Saxifragales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).
Altingiaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.
Liquidambar
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.
styraciflua
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.
species
Reference species
Liquidambar styraciflua
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.
accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.
Least concern (LC)
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF, queried on 2026-10-12 18:02.
Photo of Liquidambar styraciflua L.
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Research-grade iNaturalist observations via GBIF, CC0 or CC BY licences only, queried on 2026-10-12 18:02.

Interacciones documentadas

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A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 12 of 14 is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is a symbiont of × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × is eaten by × is adjacent to × is visited by × has as a parasite × is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of × co-occurs ecologically with × creates habitat for × has as a host × 2 more types with data for this species

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is a host of 431 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pseudocercospora tuberculans Mycosphaerellaceae is a host of 34 not compared
Cercospora liquidambaris is a host of 31 not compared
Septobasidium castaneum Septobasidiaceae is a host of 30 not compared
Septobasidium sinuosum Septobasidiaceae is a host of 25 not compared
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interacts with 357 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella Gracillariidae interacts with 233 not compared
North American Luna Moth Actias luna Saturniidae interacts with 32 not compared
sweet gum scale Diaspidiotus liquidambaris Diaspididae interacts with 32 not compared
Asca aphidioides Ascidae interacts with 20 not compared
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is a symbiont of 311 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Fungi Including Lichens Fungi is a symbiont of 6 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at kingdom level.
Narcissus White Mould Disease Ramularia vallisumbrosae Mycosphaerellaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Rhodotorula dairenensis Sporidiobolaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
Plane tree powdery mildew Erysiphe platani Erysiphaceae is a symbiont of 1 not compared
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interacts with 56 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Water Oak Quercus nigra Fagaceae interacts with 4 not compared
American Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua Altingiaceae interacts with 4 not compared
Liriodendron tulipifera Magnoliaceae interacts with 3 not compared
American Beech Fagus grandifolia interacts with 3 not compared
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is eaten by 55 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Psittacidae is eaten by 30 not compared
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma americana is eaten by 12 no location
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis Fringillidae is eaten by 8 not compared
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea Cacatuidae is eaten by 8 not compared
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is adjacent to 25 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Septobasidium cremeum Septobasidiaceae is adjacent to 3 not compared
Cercospora liquidambaris is adjacent to 3 not compared
Wilt of cacao Huntiella moniliformis Ceratocystidaceae is adjacent to 3 not compared
Septobasidium rugulosum Septobasidiaceae is adjacent to 3 not compared
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is visited by 24 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Stictocephala militaris Membracidae is visited by 22 not compared
Heliria cornutula Membracidae is visited by 4 not compared
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Picidae is visited by 2 not compared
Pale Green Assassin Bug Zelus luridus Reduviidae is visited by 2 not compared
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has as a parasite 11 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Pteroptrix bicolor Aphelinidae has as a parasite 2 no location
Sarocladium kiliense has as a parasite 1 not compared
Rhodotorula sp. Sporidiobolaceae has as a parasite 1 not compared Not a modelling unit: the source did not resolve a species — the name carries an open-nomenclature qualifier.
Monocillium mucidum has as a parasite 1 not compared
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is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 6 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Glomus heterosporum Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Sclerocystis clavispora Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Acaulospora scrobiculata Acaulosporaceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
Rhizophagus aggregatus Glomeraceae is an arbuscular mycorrhizal host of 1 not compared
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co-occurs ecologically with 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Monalonion velezangeli Miridae co-occurs ecologically with 1 not compared
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creates habitat for 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus Vespertilionidae creates habitat for 1 no location
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has as a host 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism Reads as Studies Where it was documented Actions
American Sweet Gum Liquidambar styraciflua Altingiaceae has as a host 1 not compared
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Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Not grouped under a navigation concept

What the source states Claim type Context Source Actions
Árbol nativo candidato de paisaje Recommendation of a guideRecommended coffee · Veracruz, México Biolítica · compilación de café de CIE-10 sha256:e376ce4d636a