A new fossil leaf species, Liquidambar bella (Altingiaceae), is described from the lower part of the Eocene Huangniuling Formation, Maoming Basin, South China. Suprabasal venation in the fossil lobed Liquidambar leaves is reported for the first time. The new species provides additional palaeobotanical evidence on the morphological variability of this genus supporting the idea of combining the genera Liquidambar, Semiliquidambar and Altingia into the single genus Liquidambar as proposed based on molecular markers.
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