Family · Other eudicots

Platanaceae

Plane trees, sycamore

Single genus Platanus: large deciduous trees with flaking bark, palmately lobed leaves, and dense spherical flower heads.

Accepted species: 10accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈11 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Northern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Platanus occidentalis (sycamore)
Platanus orientalis
Platanus × acerifolia (London plane)

Its genus

Platanus10 spp.

Where it grows

Northern America8
Asia-Tropical1
Southern America1
Europe1
Asia-Temperate1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Platanaceae sits in the order Proteales.