EPPO Global Database

Platanus occidentalis(PLTOC)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-09

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PLTOC
  • Preferred name: Platanus occidentalis
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

North America. Introduced in Europe, where it hybridized with P. orientalis to give the common plane P.  x hispanica (q.v.). Also introduced in Central Asia (Turkmenistan), South America (Ecuador)


Common names
Name Language
American plane English (GB)
American sycamore English (US)
buttonwood English
abendländische Platane German
amerikanische Platane German
nordamerikanische Platane German
platane d'Amérique French
platane d'Occident French
plátano de occidente Spanish
plátano de Virginia Spanish
volador Spanish (MX)
platano d'America Italian
platano occidentale Italian
westerse plataan Dutch
plátano-americano Portuguese
plátano-ocidental Portuguese
платан западный Russian
nyugati platán Hungarian
platan západní Czech
양버즘나무 Korean
yang beo jeum na mu Korean
амерички платан Serbian
западни платан Serbian
platan západní Slovak
платан західний Ukrainian