Taxon

Platanus × hispanica

Platanus × hispanica - London planetree
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Common name: London planetree
Family: Platanaceae (planetree family)
Synonym: Platanus × acerifolia, Platanus × hybridus
Distribution: hybrid: alleged hybrid: Platanus orientalis × P. occidentalis
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Deciduous tree
Comments: A large deciduous tree that has large, maple-like leaves with 3-5 toothed lobes. It grows 70' tall or more and as wide. Conical in youth, it develops into a large, open, wide-spreading tree in age. It can achieve 35' over a 20 year period. Medium green in summer and yellow-brown fall color. The exfoliating bark is one of the best ornamental qualities with colors of olive-green, tan and cream. Fruit is a 1" round syncarp.
Links: Checklist of Cultivated Platanus, Santamore & McArdle 1986 • Geerinck 1979 • Internationa Plant Name Index • Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder • Plants of the World Online- KewScience

Locations

  • 1: DWD: AB05 (AB05) • Accession: D1926-0037.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: DWD: AB05 (AB05) • Accession: D1926-0037.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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