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[ Platanthera ] [ Platanus ] [ Platea ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Platanus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Platanus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Hamamelididae Takht. pub. 1967       SuperOrdo  Hamamelidanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 113. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Hamamelidales Griseb. pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 127. Jan-Jun 1854.       Familia  Platanaceae T. Lestib. ex Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 11, 12. 1829. common name: Sycamores       Subfamilia  Platanoideae Arn. pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 131. 9 Mar 1832.       Tribus  Plataneae Juss. ex Duby pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 430. 12-14 Apr 1828.       Genus  Platanus L. pub. (1753) common name: sycamore

Named members of the Genus Platanus

1	Species  acerifolia (Ait.) Willd. syn. Platanus hybrida common name: mapleleaf sycamore
2	Species  hybrida Brot. common name: London planetree
3	Species  occidentalis L. common name: eastern sycamore, buttonwood
	4    Varietas  glabrata (Fern.) Sarg. syn. Platanus occidentalis
5	Species  orientalis L. common name: oriental planetree, sycamore, London plane
6	Species  racemosa Nutt. common name: western sycamore
	7    Varietas  wrightii (S. Wats.) L. Benson syn. Platanus wrightii
8	Species  wrightii S. Wats. common name: Arizona sycamore

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.