Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Proteales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanus ×hispanica
FAMILY
Platanaceae
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Read about Platanus (Platanaceae) and Proteaceae from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanus ×hispanica [occidentalis × orientalis]
FAMILY
Platanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanus ×hispanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Platanus ×acerifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Platanus ×acerifolia
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Platanus hybrida
COMMON NAME:
London Planetree
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_acerif_london_1
August
Bark exposed by peeling green (vs. mostly white in P. occidentalis), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_acerif_london_2
August
Lobes of leaves elongate, often longer than wide, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_acerif_london_t
September
Fruiting heads 1-3 per peduncle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Platanus ×hispanica
FAMILY
Platanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platanus ×hispanica [occidentalis × orientalis]
FAMILY
Platanaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Platanus ×hispanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Platanus ×acerifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Platanus ×acerifolia
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Platanus hybrida
3749
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Hybrid of native and non-native
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Achene
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