Altingiaceae

Taxobox
name = Altingiaceae

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Liquidambar styraciflua"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Saxifragales
familia = Altingiaceae Lindl.
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

The Altingiaceae is a small family of flowering plants in the order Saxifragales, including only three genera and about 18 species, all trees. In older classifications, they were often included in the family Hamamelidaceae.

;Genera
*"Altingia" (11 species in southeastern Asia)
*"Liquidambar" (sweetgums; four species; one in eastern North America to Central America, one in southwest Asia, two in eastern Asia)
*"Semiliquidambar" (three species, all endemic in China)

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/altingia.htm Altingiaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]