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Platanus (plane tree)

Angiospermae - Proteales - Platanaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Platanus Linnaeus
1899Platanus Knowlton
1919Platanus Knowlton
1941Platanus MacGinitie
1959Platanus Brown p. 128
1976Platanus Christophel
1993Platanus McIver and Basinger
1996Platanus Liu et al.
2000Platanus Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderProtealesJussieu 1829
familyPlatanaceaeLestiboudois 1826
genusPlatanus

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.

G. Platanus Linnaeus 1753 [plane tree]
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†Platanus aceroides Göppert 1852
†Platanus appendiculata Lesquereux 1878
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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
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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
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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
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Invalid names: Acer gracilescens Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
†Platanus raynoldsii Newberry 1868
†Platanus regularis Knowlton 1918
†Platanus rhomboidea Lesquereux 1873
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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
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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 105.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (282 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (South Dakota) Platanus cissoides (34868)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Canada (British Columbia) Platanus sp. (24892)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9USA (Alaska) Platanus louravetlanica, Platanus sp. (34623) Platanus sp. (34390)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation Platanus louravetlanica (34627 34778 34791 34793 34801 34802 34804) Platanus sp. (34774)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Kansas) Platanus sp. (34726)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Cenomanian99.6 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Platanus williamsi (32030)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) Platanus affinis (35069) Platanus newberryana (31910 32025 32031 35006) Platanus williamsi (31912) Platanus williamsi, Platanus affinis, Platanus newberryana (35007)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Platanus affinis (35176 35177 35184 35189 35203 35209 35210 35218 35219) Platanus nanaimo (35174)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Platanus primaeva (27135 27136 27315 27357 27359 27366 27368 27369 27370)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Platanus raynoldsii (34975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Platanus sp. (59015)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Platanus sp. (163050)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Japan (Hyogo) Platanus sp. (176812)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Platanus raynoldsii (25059 25421 25422 25437 25445 25448 25461 25465 25473 25475 25476 25477 25478 25498 48191 48268 48269 48270 48271 48273)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Platanus guillelmae (45728)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Platanus raynoldsii (24973 25009 25012 25026 25420 25423 25424 25427 25440 25442 25443 25446 25447 25449 25451 25454 25455 25458 25460 25462 25466 25469 25470 25471 48177 48178 48179 48180)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Platanus raynoldsii (11334 11340 11359 11366 11368 11389 14805)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Platanus nobilis (53531) Platanus raynoldsii (129028)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Canada (Alberta) Platanus raynoldsii (22833)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (North Dakota) Platanus raynoldsi (129230)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Platanus nobilis (53015 53017) Platanus raynoldsi (39899 52823 52825 52845 52847 52932 52951 53003 53009 53061 53064 53083) Platanus raynoldsi, Platanus nobilis (40061) Platanus raynoldsii (43413)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Platanus raynoldsi (40124)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Platanus nobilis (40094 40932 40935 43313) Platanus raynoldsi (40098 40284 40745 40889 40891 43314 53527 53602) Platanus raynoldsi, Platanus nobilis (40092)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Platanus raynoldsii (34887)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0China (Xinjiang) Platanus sp. (223851)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Platanus nobilis, Platanus aceroides (45729) Platanus sp. (34421 34424 34431)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Platanus raynoldsi (40535 40669 40775 40882 57940 57947 57967)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (New Mexico) Platanus raynoldsi (43148 53160) Platanus raynoldsi, Platanus nobilis (41187)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (North Dakota) Platanus raynoldsii (24953 24954 24957 24962 24964 24965)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Platanus raynoldsii (11351 11367)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Platanus raynoldsi (28633 28636 28645) Platanus raynoldsii (11331 11341 11361 11383)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Platanus raynoldsi (64106 129222 129223)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Platanus nobilis (10975)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Platanus gracilis (11374) Platanus gracilis, Platanus raynoldsii (11377 11378) Platanus raynoldsii (11384 11420)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) Platanus sp. (24463 24466)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Platanus occidentaloides (231933 231934) Platanus sp., Platanus occidentaloides (231931 231932)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Platanus brownii, Platanus gracilis, Platanus guillelmae, Platanus raynoldsii (11360) Platanus gracilis, Platanus raynoldsii (11336 11338 11370 11392 11394 11442 11495) Platanus guillelmae (11448 11500 11506) Platanus raynoldsii (11337)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Platanus gracilis (11358 11484) Platanus gracilis, Platanus guillelmae (11324 11485) Platanus gracilis, Platanus raynoldsii (11325) Platanus wyomingensis (11483)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Platanus sp. (35336)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (New Mexico) Platanus raynoldsi (53161)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Platanus gracilis, Platanus wyomingensis, Platanus guillelmae (11393)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Platanus raynoldsi (53070) Platanus wyomingensis (24411 24415 24417)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Platanus raynoldsi, Platanus GR552 (28745) Platanus wyomingensis (21389)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Platanus hirticarpa (21220)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Acer vivarium (24147) Platanus guillelmae (24090 24145 24150 24155 24156 24157 24196) Platanus montana (24132)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Virginia) Platanus occidentaloides (231682 231698)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Platanus appendiculata (23995 23996 23999 24000 24002 24012 24013) Platanus appendiculata, Acer aequidentatum (23997) Platanus appendiculata, Platanus coloradensis, Acer aequidentatum (23998)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jilin) Platanus sp. (179213)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (Washington) Platanus sp. (167719)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Platanus sp. (228147)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Platanus florissanti (24209)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan (Fukuoka) Platanus tsuyazakiensis (224520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Platanus condonii (35269) Platanus condonii, Platanus exaspera, Platanus sp. (35220 35221) Platanus exaspera, Platanus sp. (35237 35238)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Platanus idahoensis (27569)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Czech Republic Platanus neptuni (31643)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Platanus neptuni (68021)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Platanus sp. (23793)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Platanus neptuni (24922 24984 25581)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Acer bendirei, Platanus dissecta (23972)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Platanus condoni, Platanus dissecta (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Platanus dissecta (23330)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Platanus neptunii (24183 24534 26508)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Platanus stenoloba, Platanus dissecta (23975)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Canada (Northwest Territories) Platanus sp. (21371)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Platanus sp. (116623)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Acer bendirei (103753)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Platanus aceroides (46327)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Washington) Acer bendirei, Acer merriami (224397)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Platanus sp. (231834)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Acer bendirei (35278)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Platanus sp. (231824)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Platanus stenoloba, Platanus dissecta (23973)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Azerbaijan Platanus sp. (116629)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Platanus paucidentata, Platanus dissecta (27701)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Platanus paucidentata (19206)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Platanus paucidentata (27660)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Platanus vitifolia (23401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (sachsen) Platanus neptuni (27519)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Platanus paucidentata, Platanus dissecta (35412)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Nevada) Platanus bendirei (27700)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 815.97 - 11.1Switzerland (Aargau) Platanus aceroides (46279)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Platanus sp. (27525)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Platanus leucophylla (27512) Platanus sp. (23054)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Platanus sp. (126605 187324)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246USA (California) Platanus angustilobus (27342)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Platanus aceroides (46277)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Platanus paucidentata (35271)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Platanus occidentalis (18320)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Platanus paucidentata (35272)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Platanus platanifolia (22778)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Platanus sp. (79630)