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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.
Liquidambar, commonly called ... is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. [1] ... Liquidambar orientalis: Oriental sweetgum:
The storax of the ancients was probably extracted from a different tree, seemingly from the Liquidambar orientalis which grows wild in northern Syria, and may even have been grown in Israel; from it is extracted an aromatic sap with healing qualities called storax liquidis.
The spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is a different plant, in the family Lauraceae. Styrax trees grow to 2–14 m tall, and have alternate, deciduous or evergreen simple ovate leaves 1–18 cm long and 2–10 cm broad. The flowers are pendulous, with a white 5–10-lobed corolla, produced 3–30 together on open or dense panicles 5–25 cm long.
The oriental sweetgum (Liquidambar orientalis) is endemic to a limited area of southwestern Turkey and the island of Rhodes. [6] The largest remaining stands are near Köyceğiz. [3] Bozpırnal oak (Quercus aucheri) is another endemic tree, native to the islands of Rhodes and Kos and adjacent southwestern coastal Turkey. It has sweet, edible ...
Here's how to plant the fall bulbs and ensure successful blooms. Hyacinth flowers are low-maintenance spring blooms that burst into strikingly beautiful colors. Here's how to plant the fall bulbs ...
Altingiaceae now consists of the single genus Liquidambar with 15 known species. [6] Previously, the genera Altingia and Semiliquidambar were also recognised, but these represent a rapid radiation and have been difficult to separate reliably. Semiliquidambar has recently been shown to be composed of hybrids of species of Altingia and Liquidambar.
EUFORGEN Technical Guidelines for genetic conservation and use for oriental sweetgum (Liquidambar orientalis). International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. Arsalan, M. B., & Şahin, H. T., 2016. Unutulan Bir Orman Ürünü Kaynağı: Anadolu Sığla Ağaci (Liquidambar orientalis Miller). Journal of Bartın Faculty of Forestry, 18(1 ...