Platanaceae (Noun)
Meaning
Coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Platanaceae is a family of flowering plants coextensive with the genus Platanus, consisting of plane trees.
- Taxonomists often consider the Platanaceae to be a monotypic family with just one genus, the widespread plane trees.
- In the APG III system, the small family of Platanaceae only comprises the single genus Platanus, referring to plane trees.
- Trees within the family Platanaceae are solely composed of those belonging to the genus Platanus, commonly known as sycamores and plane trees.
- Historically, classification found most families including just a single genus similar to the family of Platanaceae, containing plane trees such as the London planetree.