Jepson Interchange: Manual Name Data Retrieval

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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).

Taxon	Platanus X hispanica
group	Eudicots
Family	Platanaceae
Family common name(s)	plane tree; plane-tree; plane trees; plane; sycamore
Genus common name(s)	plane tree; plane-tree; planetree; plane; sycamore; buttonball-tree; buttonball tree
Species common name(s)	London plane tree; London plane-tree; London planetree; London plane; hybrid plane tree; hybrid plane-tree; hybrid planetree; hybrid plane; Spanish plane tree; Spanish plane-tree; Spanish planetree; Spanish plane


Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa	common plane tree, common plane-tree, common planetree, common plane are applied to multiple Platanus taxa


Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc	[Platanus occidentalis X Platanus orientalis] Platanus X acerifolia (Aiton) Willd.; Platanus hispanica Ten.; Platanus X hybrida Brot.