Altingiaceae
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 Liquidambar styraciflua
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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)
