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Fam.: Platanaceae / Plane Tree Fam.  

Hybrid formula (parents):  Platanus orientalis  L.  x  Platanus occidentalis  L.
Synon.:  Platanus x hybrida  BROT.

Genus:  Platanus  L.
 

Authors:
   TEN.:  Michele Tenore (1780 - 1861), Italian botanist at Naples
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   BROT.:  Felix de Silva Avellar Brotero (1744 - 1828), Portuguese botanist
 

Etymology:
   Platanus:   Greek plant name
   hispanica:   spanish
   orientalis:   Eastern, from the Orient
   occidentalis:   Western, from the occident
   hybrida:   hybrid
 

The London Plane Tree, which is often grown along roads and which rarely runs wild, is the artificial hybrid between Platanus orientalis from the Eastern Mediterranean and Platanus occidentalis from America.

 

Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Fig. 1:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Fig. 2:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Fig. 3:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Fig. 4:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Ludwigshafen 8.10.2011
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Fig. 5:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree (fruit)
D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Fig. 6:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree (leaf upper side)
D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Fig. 7:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree (leaf bottom side)
D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Fig. 8:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 25.9.2006
Fig. 9:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 25.9.2006
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Fig. 10:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 22.5.2021
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 9.10.2011
Fig. 11:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 9.10.2011
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 9.10.2011
Fig. 12:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 9.10.2011
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 25.10.2014
Fig. 13:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 25.10.2014
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 25.10.2014
Fig. 14:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 25.10.2014
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 5.8.2017
Fig. 15:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 5.8.2017
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 16.7.2017
Fig. 16:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 16.7.2017
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Mannheim 16.7.2017
Fig. 17:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree
D Mannheim 16.7.2017
Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree, D Kelsterbach 15.9.2012
Fig. 18:  Platanus x hispanica / London Plane-Tree (young plant)
D Kelsterbach 15.9.2012

 


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