| Oriental sweetgum | |
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| 19th century illustration of oriental sweetgum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Altingiaceae |
| Genus: | Liquidambar |
| Species: | L. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Liquidambar orientalis | |
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| Distribution map | |
Liquidambar orientalis, commonly known as oriental sweetgum or Turkish sweetgum,[3] is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar, native to the eastern Mediterranean region, that occurs as pure stands mainly in the floodplains of southwestern Turkey and on the Greek island of Rhodes.
- ^ Kavak, S. & Wilson, B. 2018. Liquidambar orientalis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T62556A42326468. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62556A42326468.en. Accessed on 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Liquidambar orientalis Mill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ Todd Lasseigne. "Horticulture". Friends of the Arboretum Newsletter Fall 2000-Winter 2001. North Carolina State University J.C. Raulston Arboretum. Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2007-05-18.