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Platanaceae is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of flowering plants. It has been recognized by almost all taxonomists, and is sometimes called the "plane-tree family".

The family consists of only a single genus Platanus
Platanus

Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole members of the family Platanaceae.They are all large trees to 30?50 m tall, deciduous , and are mostly found in riparian or other wetland habitat in the wild, though proving drought tolerant in cultivation away from streams....
, of six to ten species of tall trees, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. The hybrid London plane
London Plane

The 'London Plane' or 'Hybrid Plane' is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is usually thought to be a Hybrid of the Platanus orientalis, P....
 is widely planted in cities worldwide.

The APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
 of 2003 allows the option of including it in the family Proteaceae
Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
, or treating it as distinct as a segregate family.






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Platanaceae is a family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 of flowering plants. It has been recognized by almost all taxonomists, and is sometimes called the "plane-tree family".

The family consists of only a single genus Platanus
Platanus

Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole members of the family Platanaceae.They are all large trees to 30?50 m tall, deciduous , and are mostly found in riparian or other wetland habitat in the wild, though proving drought tolerant in cultivation away from streams....
, of six to ten species of tall trees, native to temperate and subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of the equator?the word sphere literally means 'half sphere'. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator....
. The hybrid London plane
London Plane

The 'London Plane' or 'Hybrid Plane' is a tree in the genus Platanus. It is usually thought to be a Hybrid of the Platanus orientalis, P....
 is widely planted in cities worldwide.

The APG II system
APG II system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG, in...
 of 2003 allows the option of including it in the family Proteaceae
Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
, or treating it as distinct as a segregate family. In as far as APG II accepts the family it is placed in the order Proteales
Proteales

Proteales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants. Such an order has been recognized by almost all taxonomists....
, in the clade eudicots
Eudicots

Eudicots and Eudicotyledons are terms introduced by Doyle & Hotton to refer to a group of flowering plants that had been called "tricolpates" or "non-Magnoliid dicots" by previous authors....
. This represents a slight change from the APG system
APG system

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The system is unusual in being based, not on total evidence, but on the cladistics analysis of the DNA sequences of three genes, two chloroplast genes and one gene coding for ribosomes....
, of 1998, which did accept this family.

The Cronquist system
Cronquist system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Cronquist system is a scheme for the classification of flowering plants . This system was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ....
 of 1981 recognized the family and placed it in order Hamamelidales
Hamamelidales

Hamamelidales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system included the order in subclass Hamamelidae with the wiktionary:circumscription:...
, in subclass Hamamelidae [sic] in class Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is a valid botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its wiktionary:circumscription can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being discussed....
 (dicotyledons).

The Dahlgren system
Dahlgren system

One of the modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Dahlgren system was published by monocotyledons specialist Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren....
 and Thorne system (1992)
Thorne system (1992)

A modern list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Thorne system of plant classification was drawn up by the botanist Robert Folger Thorne . He replaced it in 2000 with a new system....
 also recognized this family and placed it in the order Hamamelidales
Hamamelidales

Hamamelidales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system included the order in subclass Hamamelidae with the wiktionary:circumscription:...
 in superorder Rosanae in subclass Magnoliidae
Magnoliidae

Magnoliidae are a group of about 9,000 species of flowering plants, including magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others....
 (dicotyledons).

The Engler system
Engler system

One of the prime list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Engler system was devised by Adolf Engler.According to Engler, Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien the main groups of plants are:...
, in its 1964 update, also recognized the family and placed it in the order Rosales
Rosales

Rosales is an order of flowering plants, including nine family , the type family being the rose family Rosaceae. These nine families are those shown by the genetic analysis carried out by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group to be related to each other....
 in subclass Archychlamydeae of class Dicotyledoneae.

The Wettstein system
Wettstein system

A list of systems of plant taxonomy, the Wettstein system recognised the following main groups, according to* I. phylum Schizophyta*::: 1....
, last revised in 1935, also recognized the family and placed it in the order Hamamelidales
Hamamelidales

Hamamelidales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants. The Cronquist system included the order in subclass Hamamelidae with the wiktionary:circumscription:...
 in the Monochlamideae in subclass Choripetalae of the class Dicotyledones.

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  • in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), .