sweetgum:
Liquidambar acalycina (China);
Liquidambar formosana (China, Korea, Indochina);
Liquidambar styraciflua, Linaeus (North America);
Oriental sweetgum
Liquidambar orientalis, Mill. (Mainly, Turkey and Greece).
The sweet gum tree gets its name from the aromatic resin it produces, which has a sweet fragrance reminiscent of gum. This resin, known as "gum" or "balsam," exudes from wounds in the bark and was historically used for medicinal purposes and as a chewing gum. The tree's scientific name, Liquidambar styraciflua, also reflects its gum-producing properties.
Prunus avium is the scientific, Latin or binomial name for the Sweet cherry tree.The tree's native range in Europe extends from the British Isles southwards into the northwestern African countries of Morocco and Tunisia and northwards into Norway's Trondheimsfjord region. Its native range additionally spreads eastward into western Asia east of the Caucasus Mountains and also at its birthplace in northern Iran. There also is supposed to be a small population in the western Himalayas.
Eucalyptus is the genera for (Australian) gum trees. They are members of the wider Myrtle family.[But not for rubber trees.]
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus papuana F.Muell
The name would be Liquidambar styraciflua. Family: Hamamelidaceae.
The scientific name for the Australian gum tree is Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees and shrubs in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. There are over 700 species of Eucalyptus, most of which are native to Australia. The name "Eucalyptus" is derived from the Greek words "eu" (well) and "kalyptos" (covered), referring to the operculum covering the flower bud.
Eucalyptus is the genus name, and there are over 700 species, each with their own name.
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Tupelo is commonly referred to as a gum tree. ie black gum. It is not related to the linden or the lime. The scientific name for black gum or tupelo is Nyssa sylvatica and is in the Nyssaceae.