Platanus mexicana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Platanaceae
Genus: Platanus
Species: Platanus mexicana
Varietates: P. m. var. interior – P. m. var. mexicana
Name

Platanus mexicana Moric., Pl. Nouv. Amér. 39. (1837)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Platanus chiapensis Standl.
Platanus glabrata Fernald
Platanus lindeniana Mart. & Gal.
Platanus oaxacana Standl.

References

Moricand, S. 1837. Plantes Nouvelles d'Amerique 39.
Hassler, M. 2020. Platanus mexicana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 3. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Platanus mexicana. Published online. Accessed: 27 January 2019.
Nixon, K.C. & Poole, J.M. 2003. Revision of the Mexican and Guatemalan Species of Platanus (Platanaceae). Lundellia 2003(6): 103–137. DOI: 10.25224/1097-993X-6.1.4 PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Platanus mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 July 3.

Vernacular names
English: Mexican Plane
русский: Платан мексиканский
Türkçe: Meksika çınarı

Plantus Mexicana is a species of plane tree that is native to Northeast and Central Mexico.[1] It is also known as the Mexican Sycamore.
Description

The tree can grow as high as 80 feet and has leaves that can be up to 8 inches wide.[2]
Cultivation

Recently the tree has been introduced to Texas as an alternative to native Sycamores due to its drought tolerance and disease resistance.[3]