Platanaceae
Also known as plane-tree family
Platanaceae, the plane family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Proteales. The family consists of only a single extant genus Platanus, with twelve known species. The plants are tall trees, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The hybrid London plane is widely planted in cities worldwide.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderProteales
- FamilyPlatanaceae
General: The Platanaceae have their main distribution in temperate
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- Description
- Ecology
- Phytochemistry
- Cultivation
- Fossils
- Systematic position
- Taxa included
- Hybrids
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Platanaceae, the plane family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Proteales. The family consists of only a single extant genus Platanus, with twelve known species. The plants are tall trees, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The hybrid London plane is widely planted in cities worldwide.
thumb|right|49-million-year-old fossil Macginitiea|Macginitiea gracilis from the [[Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington]]