Liquidambar styraciflua
USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Mexico (Chiapas, Ciudad de Mexico, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia (I), Taiwan (I), Anatolia (I), Cyprus (I) (N-Cyprus (I), C-Mountains (I), S-Cyprus (I), W-Cyprus (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (I) 156449 0
Hold Ctrl whilst dragging to view details of selected occurrences.
Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. In cultivation only, near sea-level to 1500', including Kolossi Castle in Division 3 [Related to the native L. orientalis of Rhodes & Sn Turkey] (Meikle 1977).
Adventive to Cyprus. It occurs in moist places [...]. It is used as an ornamental plant, particularly for its bright, autumn foliage. Rarely propagated by cuttings. Further research on the propagation of the plant would be valuable (Tsintides et al. 2002).
Associated with St Neofytos the plant's resin was used in religious rituals as incest (Georgiades 1995).
According to local folklore the species was introduced to the islands, to the St Neofytos monastery by St Neofytos around 1200 AD (Georgiades 1995).
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol 1.
Georgiades C (1995) I epigenis chlorida tis Kyprou, taxinomiki, chloridiki, fytogeografiki, ikofysiologiki meleti [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.
Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.