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Platanaceae

Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae

Taxonomy

Platanaceae was named by Lestiboudois (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Platanales by Knowlton (1919); to Dicotyledonae by Christophel (1976); to Rosales by MacGinitie (1941), Hickey (1977); to Hamamelidales by McIver and Basinger (1993), Mabberley (2000), Johnson (2002); and to Proteales by The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Subtaxa

Aquia, Aspidiophyllum, Credneria, Hamatia, Langeranthus, Langeria, Macginicarpa, Macginistemon, Macginitiea, Platananthus, Plataninium, Platanites, Platanocarpus, Platanophyllum, Platanoxylon, Platanus, Pseudoaspidiophyllum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1826	Platanaceae Lestiboudois
1919	Platanaceae Knowlton
1941	Platanaceae MacGinitie
1976	Platanaceae Christophel
1977	Platanaceae Hickey
1993	Platanaceae McIver and Basinger
2000	Platanaceae Mabberley
2002	Platanaceae Johnson
2003	Platanaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
2008	Platanaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016	Platanaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Spermatophyta
class	Angiospermae
—	Mesangiosperms

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eudicots	Doyle and Hotton 1991
order	Proteales	Jussieu 1829
family	Platanaceae	Lestiboudois 1826
family	Platanaceae	Lestiboudois 1826

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Platanaceae Lestiboudois 1826

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G. †Aquia Crane et al. 1993

†Aquia brookensis Crane et al. 1993

G. †Aspidiophyllum Lesquereux 1876

†Aspidiophyllum dentatum Lesquereux 1883

†Aspidiophyllum platanifolium Lesquereux 1883

†Aspidiophyllum trilobatum Lesquereux 1876

G. †Credneria Zenker 1833

†Credneria daturaefolia Ward 1885

†Credneria integerrima Zenker 1833

†Credneria macrophylla Heer 1869

†Credneria microphylla Lesquereux 1875

†Credneria pachyphylla Knowlton 1899

†Credneria protophylloides Knowlton 1918

G. †Hamatia Pedersen et al. 1994

†Hamatia elkneckensis Pedersen et al. 1994

G. †Langeranthus Huegele and Manchester 2022

†Langeranthus dillhoffiorum Huegele and Manchester 2022

G. †Langeria Wolfe and Wehr 1987

†Langeria magnifica Wolfe and Wehr 1987

G. †Macginicarpa Manchester 1986

†Macginicarpa glabra Manchester 1986

G. †Macginistemon Manchester 1986

†Macginistemon mikanoides MacGinitie 1941

G. †Macginitiea Wolfe and Wehr 1986

†Macginitiea angustiloba Lesquereux 1878

†Macginitiea gracilis Wolfe and Wehr 1987

†Macginitiea nobilis Newberry 1868

†Macginitiea whitneyi Lesquereux 1878

†Macginitiea wyomingensis Knowlton and Cockerell 1919

Invalid names: Aralia macrophylla Newberry 1882 [replaced]

G. †Platananthus Manchester 1986

†Platananthus hueberi Friis et al. 1988

†Platananthus scanicus Friis et al. 1988

†Platananthus synandrus Manchester 1986

G. †Plataninium Unger 1842

†Plataninium acerinum Unger 1842

†Plataninium californicum Page 1968

†Plataninium crystallophilum Platen 1907

†Plataninium haydeni Felix 1896

†Plataninium knowltoni Platen 1907

†Plataninium pacificum Platen 1907

†Plataninium platanoides Page 1968

G. †Platanites Forbes 1851

†Platanites herbridicus Forbes 1851

†Platanites marginata Lesquereux 1872

†Platanites raynoldsii Newberry 1868

G. †Platanocarpus Friis et al. 1988

†Platanocarpus brookensis Crane et al. 1993

†Platanocarpus carolinensis Friis et al. 1988

†Platanocarpus elkneckensis Pedersen et al. 1994

†Platanocarpus marylandensis Friis et al. 1988

G. †Platanophyllum Fontaine 1889

G. †Platanoxylon Andreanszky 1951

†Platanoxylon haydenii Suss and Muller-Stoll 1977

G. Platanus Linnaeus 1753 [plane tree]

†Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852

†Platanus appendiculata Lesquereux 1878

Invalid names: Acer aequidentatum Lesquereux 1878 [synonym]

†Platanus aquehongensis Hollick 1892

†Platanus aspera Newberry 1882

†Platanus asperaeformis Berry 1919

†Platanus basilobata Ward 1885

†Platanus bella Kvacek et al. 2001

†Platanus bendirei Lesquereux 1888

Invalid names: Acer merriami Knowlton 1902 [synonym]

†Platanus cissoides Lesquereux 1891

†Platanus coloradensis Knowlton 1930

†Platanus condoni Newberry 1883

†Platanus cordata Knowlton 1898

†Platanus diminutiva Lesquereux 1868

†Platanus dissecta Lesquereux 1878

†Platanus guillelmae Göppert 1852

†Platanus haydenii Newberry 1868

†Platanus heerii Lesquereux 1871

†Platanus heterophyllus Newberry 1875

†Platanus kuemmellii Berry 1906

†Platanus latior Lesquereux 1868

Invalid names: Platanus primaeva Lesquereux 1874 [synonym]

†Platanus montana Knowlton 1899

†Platanus neptuni Buzek et al. 1967

†Platanus newberryana Lesquereux 1868

†Platanus nobilis Newberry 1868

†Platanus obtusiloba Lesquereux 1868

Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus 1753

†Platanus paucidentata Dorf 1930

†Platanus platanoides Lesquereux 1874

†Platanus raynoldsi Newberry 1868

Invalid names: Acer gracilescens Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]

†Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868

†Platanus regularis Knowlton 1918

†Platanus rhomboidea Lesquereux 1873

Invalid names: Viburnum anceps Lesquereux 1878 [synonym]

†Platanus ripleyensis Berry 1919

†Platanus shirleyensis Berry 1914

†Platanus tsuyazakiensis Suzuki 1976

†Platanus vivarium Knowlton 1899

†Platanus wardii Knowlton 1900

G. †Pseudoaspidiophyllum Hollick 1930

†Pseudoaspidiophyllum platanoides Hollick 1930

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Diet:

"photoautotroph"p

Created:

2011-07-22 00:04:15

Modified:

2011-07-21 09:04:15

Source: p = phylum

Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 110.1 Ma

Collections (398 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Early/Lower Cretaceous	143.1 - 100.5	USA (South Dakota)	Platanus cissoides (34868)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	USA (Virginia)	Platanaceae indet. (20897)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian	113.2 - 106.3	USA (Virginia)	Platanocarpus brookensis, Aquia brookensis (28407 31520)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Platanus sp. (24892)
Albian - Cenomanian	113.2 - 93.9	Russian Federation	Platanaceae indet., Platanus louravetlanica (34778) Platanus louravetlanica (34627 34791 34793 34801 34802 34804) Platanus sp. (34774)
Albian - Cenomanian	113.2 - 93.9	USA (Alaska)	Platanaceae indet. (34621) Platanaceae indet., Platanus sp. (34390) Platanus louravetlanica, Platanus sp. (34623)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian	110.1 - 100.5	USA (Wyoming)	Platanophyllum sp. (31186)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	USA (Kansas)	Platanus sp. (34726)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	USA (Montana)	Platanophyllum sp. (31080)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	USA (Maryland)	Platanocarpus elkneckensis, Hamatia elkneckensis (28365) Platanocarpus marylandensis, Platananthus potomacensis (28408)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Canada (British Columbia)	Credneria truncatodenticulata (35016) Platanus affinis (35069) Platanus newberryana (31910 32025 32031 35006) Platanus williamsi, Platanus affinis, Credneria truncatodenticulata, Pseudoaspidiophyllum latifolium, Platanus newberryana (35007) Platanus williamsi, Pseudoaspidiophyllum latifolium (31912) Pseudoaspidiophyllum latifolium (31903 35066)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Utah)	Plataninium sp. (31193)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Canada (British Columbia)	Platanus williamsi, Credneria macrophylla (32030)
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (Wyoming)	Platanophyllum montanum (34974) Platanophyllum platanoides (34973)
Coniacian - Campanian	89.8 - 72.2	Canada (British Columbia)	Platanus affinis (35176 35177 35184 35189 35203 35209 35210 35218 35219) Platanus nanaimo (35174)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Sweden (Scania)	Platanocarpus sp., Platananthus scanicus (28411)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (North Carolina)	Platananthus hueberi, Platanocarpus carolinensis (28410)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Wyoming)	Platanaceae indet., Platanites marginata, Platanus primaeva (27315) Platanites marginata (27314) Platanites marginata, Platanus primaeva (27136 27357 27366) Platanus primaeva (27135 27359 27368 27369 27370)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Mexico)	Plataninium piercei (31205) Platanus raynoldsii (34975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	Platanus sp. (59015)