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European Plane Tree |
Platanus acerifolia (Aiton) Willd. (Fam: PLATANACEAE.)
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| Species Info |
Species name: |
Platanus acerifolia (Aiton) Willd. |
Principal Synonym: |
Platanus hybrida |
Plant Family: |
Platanaceae (Plane / Sycamore Family) |
General names: |
European Plane Tree |
Maltese name: |
Siġra tad-Dorf |
Status: |
Cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes but can be found in the wild as an escape |
Frequency in the wild: |
Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape |
Growth form: |
Macro-Phanerophyte (High trees) |
Legal Protection: |
Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) |
Red List 1989: |
Not listed in the Flora section of the National Red Data Book (Lanfranco, 1989) |
Flowering Time: |
Jun-Aug |
Remarks: |
A deciduous tree cultivated in few gardens in Malta. It is native to the northern hemisphere, but specimens manage to survive here in Malta. The species is also found under the taxon Platanus x hispanica as it is thought to be a hybrid between Platanus orientalis (Oriental Plane) and Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore). In America, the vernacular name for Platanus species is sycamore.
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