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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.

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FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderProteales
  5. FamilyPlatanaceae
Observations recorded447,060

General: The Platanaceae have their main distribution in temperate

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Platanaceae
taxon name
Platanaceae
taxon common name
Plane-tree Family
start time
80000000-0
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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]]

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