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Platanus occidentalis L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Platanus (family Platanaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 999 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685871-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Platanus densicoma Dode	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platanus excelsa Salisb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platanus integrifolia K.Koch	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platanus lobata Moench	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platanus occidentalis f. attenuata Sarg.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platanus occidentalis f. occidentalis	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Platanus occidentalis var. occidentalis	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Platanus orientalis var. occidentalis (L.) Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Platanus pyramidalis Dippel	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Platanus occidentalis var. palmeri (Kuntze) Nixon & J.M.Poole ex Geerinck	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name record (from WCSP (in review)) was not included in version 1 of The Plant List. It is possible the same name was included from a different data source, to check this you can search for Platanus occidentalis in version 1 of The Plant List.