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Family PLATANACE^ 



PLATANUS Linnaeus 



*Platanus occidentalis Linnaeus. Sycamore. 



Range. — Southwestern Maine to northern Vermont, southern Ontario and 

 Michigan, central and southern Iowa, southeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, 

 Oklahoma, and southwestern Arkansas; south to western Florida (Gadsden 

 County), central Alabama, and Mississippi, to western Texas (Zavalla County). 



NAMES IN USE 



Sycamore (Vt., N. H., Mass., Conn., Buttonball (R. I., N. Y., Pa., Fla.). 



R. I., N. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., Va., W. Plane-tree (R. I., Del., S. C, Kans., 



Va., N. C, S. C, Ga., Fla., Ala., Nebr., Iowa). 



Miss., La., Tex., Ky., Ark., Mo., 111., Water Beech (Del.). 



Ind., Iowa, Kans., Mich., Wis., Ohio, Platane (La.). 



Ontario, trade). Cotonier (La.). 



Button-wood (Vt., N. H., R. L, N. Y., Bois puant (La.). 



N. J., Pa., Del., W. Va., S. C., Ala., Oo-da-te-cha-wunnes=" Big stockings" 



Miss., La., Tex., Ark., Mo., 111., (Indiana, N. Y.). 



Mich., Minn., Ohio, Ontario). American Planetree (lit. and hort.). 

 Button ball-tree (Mass., R. I., Conn., 



N. Y., N. J., Pa., Del., Miss.. La., 



Mo., 111., Iowa, Mich., Nebr., Ohio). 



Platanus occidentalis glabrata (Fernald) Sargent. Sycamore. 



Range. — Western Texas (Kerr, Llano, Bandera, Uvalde, Kendall, Valverde, 

 and Zavalla Counties) ; southeastern Oklahoma (Big Creek) ; Mexico (Coahuila 

 and Nuevo Leon). 



Note on nomenclature. — Specimens from Mexico first described in 1901 as 

 Platanus glabrata Fernald. 



name in use 



Sycamore 



Platanus occidentalis attenuata Sargent. Sycamore. 



Range. — Reported to occur in southern Indiana (Wells County); Missouri 

 (Shannon County); Oklahoma (Kay County); Alabama (Dallas County); Mis- 

 sissippi (Rankin, Hinds Countv); and in Texas (Matagorda County). 



Note on nomenclature. — Formerly included as a form of Platanus occiden- 

 talis Linnaeus. 



name in use 



Sycamore 



Platanus racemosa Nuttall. California Sycamore. 



Range. — California (from the lower Sacramento River through interior val- 

 leys and coast ranges) to Lower California (San Pedro Martir Mountain). 



names in use 



Sycamore (Calif.). Western Sycamore (lit.). 



Buttonwood. Planetree (lit.). 



Buttonball-tree (Calif.). California Svcamore (lit.). 



Buttonball (Calif.). California Planetree (lit. and hort.). 



Platanus wrightii S. Watson. Arizona Sycamore. 



Range. — Southwestern New Mexico and southern and northern (Oak Creek 

 Canyon) Arizona; Mexico (Sonora). 



NAMES IN USE 



Sycamore (Ariz.). Arizona Plane-tree (lit.). 



Arizona Sycamore (lit.). 



