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Platanaceae
Platanus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Platanus ×hispanica P. Miller ex Münchhausen. Common name: London Planetree. Habitat: Disturbed areas.

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Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Taxonomy Comments: Believed to be a hybrid of our native Platanus occidentalis and the Eurasian P. orientalis, planted as a street tree and reported as "occasionally escaping" (Rhoads & Black 2007).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Can, K4, NY, POWO; = Platanus ×acerifolia Willd. — FNA3, Mi, Mo3, Pa; = Platanus hybrida Brot. — C; >< Platanus hybrida Brot. — NE, NS. Basionym: Platanus ×hispanica Mill. ex Münchh. 1770

Links to other floras: = Platanus ×acerifolia - FNA3

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