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Platanus
Platanus /ˈplætənəs/ is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
American sycamore
speciesPlatanus occidentalis
western sycamore
speciesPlatanus racemosa
London Plane
hybridPlatanus × hispanica
Oriental Plane
speciesPlatanus orientalis
Arizona sycamore
speciesPlatanus wrightii
Mexican Sycamore
speciesPlatanus mexicana
Rzedowski's Sycamore
speciesPlatanus rzedowskii
Gentry's Sycamore
speciesPlatanus gentryi
Kerr's Sycamore
speciesPlatanus kerrii
Linden's plane tree
speciesPlatanus lindeniana
Platanus × hispanica × racemosa
hybridPlatanus × hispanica × racemosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.307
Garden of Health
1507 · p.249
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.202
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.202
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.330
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.466
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.779
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.851
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.27
Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.509
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.114
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.356
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49664.