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Platanus orientalis L. 1753
Platanaceae
(APG IV)Oriental plane, Oriental plane tree, Old World sycamore
Taxon concept: The Plant List (2014), version 1.1
Distribution: South East Europe to Western Asia
Platanus orientalis L. - Accepted: Platanus orientalis L. bei The Plant List (2014), version 1.1; Familie: Platanaceae (APG III)
- Flowers
- monoecious species; flowers in globose capitate inflorescences
- Flower ecology
- wind-pollinated (anemophilous)
- Life form
- tree
- Leaves
- leaves palmately 5-7 lobed; young leaves and shoots tomentose with stellate hair
- Foliage persistence
- deciduous
- Fruits
- fruit is an aggregate fruit of achenes (nutlets)
- Fruit ecology
- wind-dispersed (anemochorous) and water-dispersed (hydrochorous)
- Soil conditions
- preferentially on moist gravel soils that are near to groundwater level
- Natural occurrence (habitat)
- river banks, along streams, wetlands, valleys, mixed forests
- Vegetation typ and synecology (plant community)
- temperate, mixed mesophytic deciduous forests
- Constraints according temperature
- frost sensitive
- Constraints according radiation (light)
- intolerant of shade
- Constraints according habitat
- tolerant to air pollution
- Usage
- the wood is used for the production of furniture, barrels, cabinets, crates, panelling, and gun carriages as well as for paper production; also used as ornamental tree; the bark is used for medicinal purposes in Iran
Global Biodiversity Information Facilty (GBIF). Online Publication: www.gbif.org; Missouri Botanical Garden, www.tropicos.org; Oberdorfer, E. (2001): Pflanzensoziologische Exkursionsflora. Für Deutschland und angrenzende Gebiete. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, 8., stark überarb. u. erg. Aufl, 1056 S. 978-3-8001-3131-0.;
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Taxonomic update: Database method on: 25.3.2020Update of the description: Matthias Krause; latest by: Matthias Krause on: 6.2.2019In the list below you will find the geographic coordinates of many woody plants in the garden. In these cases the points are marked in the map. If no coordinates are listed, the coordinate of the point in the map marks the middle coordinate of the section.| Sex | Standort | Accession number | Planting year | Donation | IPEN | Lat. | Long. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parzelle M | EG-M-071-18778 | 1950 | XX-0-HOH-EG-M-071-18778 | 48,7078214373 | 9,2085821046 | ||
| Parzelle S | LG-S-043-18779 | 2009 | XX-0-HOH-LG-S-043-18779 | 48,707338 | 9,211289 |