View source for Platanus ← Platanus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Platanus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 999. 175 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 433. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=Sycamore;plane;platane;sycomore |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Platanaceae;Platanus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Platanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Platanus]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek platanos, perhaps from platys, broad, for the wide leaves |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page=page 359 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="trichome architecture"><b>Leaves,</b> twigs, and inflorescences densely invested with dendritic trichomes, at least when young;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="">fragrance sometimes reminiscent of balsam poplars.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="flower architecture;petal quantity;petal prominence"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: sepals and petals 3-6+, petals nearly obsolete;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence">pistillodes sometimes present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal architecture;anther architecture;perianth size">stamens as many as and opposite sepals, much exceeding tiny perianth, anthers subsessile, 4-sporangiate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="flower architecture;flower dehiscence;connective size;terminal appendage pubescence;terminal appendage architecture">dehiscence latrorse, the connective distally expanded into terminal, pubescent, peltate appendage.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture;sepal quantity;petal presence"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: sepals 3-4, petals absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode quantity;staminode prominence;staminode shape;staminode pubescence">staminodes 3-4, prominent, club-shaped, tomentose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil quantity;pistil fusion">pistils 3-9, free;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;ovule atypical quantity;ovule quantity;ovule orientation;ovule orientation">ovules 1 (-2), pendulous, orthotropous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;stigma quantity;stigma coloration;stigma shape;stigma prominence">stigma 1, dark red, much elongate, conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="achene life cycle;ring fixation"><b>Achenes </b>falling with ring of subtending hairs attached.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |discussion=<p>In North America Platanus is usually called sycamore, a name apparently borrowed from the European sycamore maple, Acer pseudoplatanus Linnaeus, which has similar leaves. That name in turn comes from the Middle Eastern sycomore fig, Ficus sycomorus Linnaeus, its specific epithet from the Greek sykomoros, mulberry.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf sinuses usually broad and gently concave, depth of distal sinuses mostly less than 1/2 distance from sinus to base of blade; terminal lobe mostly wider than long, margins entire to coarsely serrate; fruiting heads 1(–2); e North America, ne Mexico, widely cultivated. |[[Platanus occidentalis|Platanus occidentalis]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Leaf sinuses narrow to broad, deeply concave, depth of distal sinuses more than 1/2 distance from sinus to base of blade; terminal lobe longer than wide, margins entire to remotely serrulate; fruiting heads (1–)2–7 on rachis; sw United States, nw Mexico. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Terminal leaf lobe 1/3–2/3 length of blade; leaf blade abaxially persistently tomentose, adaxially glabrescent; fruiting heads (1–)2–7 on rachis, lateral ones sessile; California, Mexico (Baja California). |[[Platanus racemosa|Platanus racemosa]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Terminal leaf lobe 2/3 or more length of blade; leaf blade abaxially and adaxially glabrescent; fruiting heads (1–)2–4 on rachis, lateral ones sessile or often pedunculate; Arizona, New Mexico; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, and Sonora). |[[Platanus wrightii|Platanus wrightii]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Platanus |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Platanaceae |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_715.xml |genus=Platanus |achene life cycle=falling |anther architecture=subsessile |connective size=expanded |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate |flower dehiscence=latrorse |ovule atypical quantity=1;2 |ovule orientation=orthotropous;pendulous |ovule quantity=1 |perianth size=tiny |petal presence=absent |petal prominence=obsolete |petal quantity=3;6 |pistil fusion=free |pistil quantity=3;9 |pistillode presence=absent |ring fixation=attached |sepal architecture=subsessile |sepal quantity=3;4 |staminode prominence=prominent |staminode pubescence=tomentose |staminode quantity=3;4 |staminode shape=club--shaped |stigma coloration=dark red |stigma prominence=conspicuous |stigma quantity=1 |stigma shape=elongate |terminal appendage architecture=peltate |terminal appendage pubescence=pubescent |trichome architecture=dendritic }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Platanaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Platanaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Platanus.