They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae. All mature members of Platanus are tall, reaching 30–50 m (98–164 ft) in height. The type species of the genus is the Oriental plane Platanus …

It is native to southeastern Canada and the central and eastern United States. The genus name is derived from the Greek word, plantanos, and originates from the oriental plane tree or Platanus …

Plane tree, any of the 10 species of the genus Platanus, the only genus of the family Platanaceae. These large trees are native in North America, eastern Europe, and Asia and are characterized by …

Platanus is the sole genus in its own family, Platanaceae. Among the species currently placed in Platanus, P. kerrii was described by François Gagnepain in 1939 from a tropical rainforest habitat in …

Platanus × acerifolia, commonly called London planetree, is a hybrid cross between American sycamore (P. occidentalis) and Oriental planetree (P. orientalis).

Platanus: the Greek name for P. orientalis from platys, broad, a reference to the wide leaves of this tree.

A genus of about 7 species (and several additional infrataxa), trees, of North America south to Central America and w. Asia to se. Asia. ID notes: The exposed white inner bark on the middle and upper …

The common name Sycamore is used in England to designate a species in the Hard Maple Group (Acer pseudoplatanus), whereas Plane or Planetree is used to name the Platanus which grows there.

Platanus occidentalis, commonly known as the American Sycamore or Western Plane, is a robust, deciduous tree. It’s known for its grandeur, fast growth rate, and distinctive, exfoliating bark.

Pyramidal in youth, it develops a spreading rounded or irregular crown with age, supported by a few very large diameter branches. These branches should be spaced two to four feet apart along the trunk to …