Platanus

Platanus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leaves and fruit of a London plane
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Platanaceae
Genus:	Platanus L.

Platanus is a genus of plants, which mostly occur on the Northern Hemisphere. All of them are trees, which reach heights between 30 metres (98 ft) and 50 metres (160 ft). There are eight to ten recent species of Platanus, and at least three extinct ones.

In English, these trees are called planes or plane trees. Some North American species are called sycamores, but this name is also used for a species of fig.