Genus Platanus L.


Summary
Genus number:
9494
Last updated:
28 April 1998
Family:
Platanaceae
Common name(s):

sycamore
Accession count:

67 (37  active, 10  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Don, R. & S. Ducournau. 2018. International Seed Testing Association handbook on seedling evaluation Appendix 2:A2-6.
  2. Grimm, G. W. & T. Denk. 2010. The reticulate origin of modern plane trees (Platanus, Platanaceae): a nuclear marker puzzle. Taxon 59:134-147.
  3. Nixon, K. C. & J. M. Poole. 2003. Revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan species of Platanus (Platanaceae). Lundellia 6:103-137.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=9494. Accessed 26 September 2026.