Platanus
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Platanus is a genus of plants, which mostly occur on the Northern Hemisphere. All of them are trees, which reach heights between 30 metres (98 ft) and 50 metres (160 ft). There are eight to ten recent species of Platanus, and at least three extinct ones.
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Platanus | |
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Leaves and fruit of a London plane | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Platanaceae |
Genus: | Platanus L. |
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In English, these trees are called planes or plane trees. Some North American species are called sycamores, but this name is also used for a species of fig.