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The fossil record of leaves and fruit identifiable to ''Platanus'' begins in the [[Paleocene]].<ref name="MissisippiMiocene">{{cite journal |author1=McNair, D.M. |author2=D.Z. Stults |author3=B. Axsmith |author4=M.H. Alford |author5=J.E. Starnes |title=Preliminary investigation of a diverse megafossil floral assemblage from the middle Miocene of southern Mississippi, USA |journal=[[Palaeontologia Electronica]] |date=2019 |volume=22 |issue=2 |doi=10.26879/906 |url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/906.pdf|doi-access=free }}</ref> Despite the geographic separation between North America and Old World, species from these continents will cross readily resulting in fertile [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s such as the London plane, which is an anthropogenic hybrid ([[cultivar]]) between the North American ''P. occidentalis'' [[sensu stricto]] (ANA clade) and the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]] ''P. orientalis'' (PNA-E clade). Widely used as a park tree across the Northern Hemisphere, it frequently [[backcrossing|backcrosses]] with both its parents.<gallery widths="200" heights="200" mode="packed"> |
The fossil record of leaves and fruit identifiable to ''Platanus'' begins in the [[Paleocene]].<ref name="MissisippiMiocene">{{cite journal |author1=McNair, D.M. |author2=D.Z. Stults |author3=B. Axsmith |author4=M.H. Alford |author5=J.E. Starnes |title=Preliminary investigation of a diverse megafossil floral assemblage from the middle Miocene of southern Mississippi, USA |journal=[[Palaeontologia Electronica]] |date=2019 |volume=22 |issue=2 |doi=10.26879/906 |url=https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/906.pdf|doi-access=free }}</ref> Despite the geographic separation between North America and Old World, species from these continents will cross readily resulting in fertile [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]s such as the London plane, which is an anthropogenic hybrid ([[cultivar]]) between the North American ''P. occidentalis'' [[sensu stricto]] (ANA clade) and the [[Mediterranean Basin|Mediterranean]] ''P. orientalis'' (PNA-E clade). Widely used as a park tree across the Northern Hemisphere, it frequently [[backcrossing|backcrosses]] with both its parents.<gallery widths="200" heights="200" mode="packed"> |
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File:Skhtorashen176.jpg|The {{age|-20}}-year-old ''Platanus orientalis'' tree [[Tnjri]] in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]. |
File:Skhtorashen176.jpg|The {{age|-20}}-year-old ''Platanus orientalis'' tree [[Tnjri]] in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]. |
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File:Platanus dissecta USNM P38122 img3.jpg|Miocene ''[[Platanus dissecta]]'' leaf, [[Latah Formation]] |
File:Platanus dissecta USNM P38122 img3.jpg|Miocene ''[[Platanus dissecta]]'' leaf, [[Latah Formation]]]] |
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