Liquidambar obovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Altingiaceae. It is a tree native to Hainan, China.
The species was described in 1935, and received its current name in 2013. The IUCN has assessed it as Vulnerable.
Taxonomy Liquidambar obovata was described by Elmer Drew Merrill and Woon Young Chun in 1935. Merrill and Chun placed the species in the genus Altingia. In 2013, Stefanie Ickert-Bond and Jun Wen moved all the species of Altingia to Liquidambar, creating the new combination Liquidambar obovata.
Distribution Liquidambar obovata is native to the wet tropical biome of Hainan, China. It is endemic to Hainan. The species' extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than .
The species grows in montane evergreen forests, at elevations of . It is likely to occur in less than ten locations.
Description Liquidambar obovata is a tree that can grow up to high.
Conservation In 2018, the IUCN assessed Liquidambar obovata as Vulnerable. The population is assumed to be very small. The species is threatened by the conversion of evergreen forests into plantations.
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