Liquidambar styraciflua

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Taxon taxon Q469652
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Summary

Liquidambar styraciflua is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,481 views/month, #915 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Liquidambar[5]
  • Taxon name: Liquidambar styraciflua[6]
  • Commons category: Liquidambar styraciflua[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Liquidambar styraciflua[8]
  • Commons gallery: Liquidambar styraciflua[9]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=22379[10]
  • This taxon is source of: sweetgum[11], Liquidambar styraciflua resin[12], styrax smell[13]
  • Short name: L. styraciflua[14]
  • Taxon common name: American Sweetgum[15], Sweet Gum[16], sweetgum[17], Árbol del Ámbar[18], Arbre d'ambar[19], 北美枫香树[20], 北美枫香[21], liquidámbar[22]
  • Has fruit type: capsule[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[25]
  • Taxon range: People's Republic of China[26]

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Identifiers

Liquidambar styraciflua's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49658[27]. Liquidambar styraciflua's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4400[28]. Liquidambar styraciflua's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 594658[29]. Liquidambar styraciflua's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3152824[30]. Liquidambar styraciflua's ITIS TSN is recorded as 19027[31].

Why It Matters

Liquidambar styraciflua has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 2. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Perfumery Glossary. Retrieved . premierepeau.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wikispecies. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Flora Ornamental Española. J.M. Sánchez de Lorenzo de Cáceres (coordinador). Tomo 1, Magnoliaceae–Casuarinaceae (2000); Tomo 2, Cactaceae–Cucurbitaceae (2000); Tomo 3, Salicaceae–Chrysobalanaceae (2003). Coedición Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de…. wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . A checklist of vascular plants in Shaanxi Province, China (Version 2021). wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . A checklist of vascular plants in Shaanxi Province, China (Version 2021). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vascan id → 34168
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu',
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 27d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → liquidambar-styraciflua
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  3. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has fruit type → capsule
    Taxon rank → species
    Topic's main category → Category:Liquidambar styraciflua
    Parent taxon → Liquidambar
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tt */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/49423|batch #49423]]"
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