Platanus wrightii

Platanus wrightii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Platanaceae
Genus: Platanus
Species:
P. wrightii
Binomial name
Platanus wrightii
Natural range
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Platanus mexicana Torr. (Illegitimate)
  • Platanus racemosa subsp. wrightii (S. Watson) A.E. Murray
  • Platanus racemosa var. wrightii (S. Watson) L.D. Benson

Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore,[3] is a sycamore tree native to Arizona and New Mexico with its range extending south into the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa.[4]

The tree is a large deciduous tree, growing up to 82 ft (25 m).[5]

  1. ^ "Platanus wrightii". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. ^ "Platanus wrightii". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ^ "Platanus wrightii". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin.
  4. ^ Laferriere, J.E. Platanaceae, "Sycamore or Plane Tree Family". Journal of the Arizona–Nevada Academy of Science 26: 238. 1992
  5. ^ Kaul, Robert B. (1997). "Platanus wrightii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.