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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Altingiaceae
| image = Liquidambar styraciflua5.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Liquidambar styraciflua''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = '''Altingiaceae''' [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
The '''Altingiaceae''' is a small family of [[flowering plant]]s in the order [[Saxifragales]], including only three genera and about 18 species, all [[tree]]s. In older classifications, they were often included in the family [[Hamamelidaceae]].
;Genera
*''[[Altingia]]'' (11 species in southeastern [[Asia]])
*''[[Sweetgum|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 (ecology)|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.]
[[Category:Saxifragales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
{{Saxifragales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Altingiaceae
| image = Liquidambar styraciflua5.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Liquidambar styraciflua''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Saxifragales]]
| familia = '''Altingiaceae''' [[John Lindley|Lindl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
The '''Altingiaceae''' is a small family of [[flowering plant]]s in the order [[Saxifragales]], including only three genera and about 18 species, all [[tree]]s. In older classifications, they were often included in the family [[Hamamelidaceae]].
;Genera
*''[[Altingia]]'' (11 species in southeastern [[Asia]])
*''[[Sweetgum|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 (ecology)|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.]
[[Category:Saxifragales]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
{{Saxifragales-stub}}