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Platanus mexicana is a species of plane tree that is native to Northeast and Central Mexico and Guatemala. [1] It is also known as the Mexican sycamore. Description
Platanus (/ ˈ p l æ t ə n ə s / PLAT-ən-əss [1]) 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. All mature members of Platanus are tall, reaching 30–50 m (98–164 ft) in height.
Platanus occidentalis, also known as American sycamore, American planetree, western plane, [2] occidental plane, buttonwood, and water beech, [3] is a species of Platanus native to the eastern and central United States, the mountains of northeastern Mexico, extreme southern Ontario, [4] [5] and extreme southern Quebec. [6]
Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore, [3] is a sycamore tree native to Arizona and New Mexico with its range extending south into the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa. [ 4 ] The tree is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 82 ft (25 m).
Sycamore is a name which has been applied to several types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The name derives from the Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sykómoros) meaning ' fig-mulberry '. Species of otherwise unrelated trees known as sycamore: Acer pseudoplatanus, a species of maple native to central Europe and southwestern Asia
Individual plane trees (10 P) Pages in category "Platanus" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Platanus mexicana; O. Platanus occidentalis;
The family consists of only a single extant genus Platanus, with twelve known species. [4] 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. 49-million-year-old fossil Macginitiea gracilis from the Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington
The London plane, or sometimes hybrid plane, Platanus × hispanica, [2] is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is often known by the synonym Platanus × acerifolia , a later name. It is a hybrid of Platanus orientalis (oriental plane) and Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore).