Claim: Liquidambar, also known as sweetgum, can be seen in warm temperate and subtropical climates around the world.
Evidence: Liquidambar, commonly called sweetgum (star gum in the UK), gum, redgum, satin-walnut, or American storax, is the only genus in the flowering plant family Altingiaceae and has 15 species. In cultivation they can be seen in warm temperate and subtropical climates around the world.