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Platanus palmeri
Also called Sycamore, American Plane Tree, Buttonball, Buttonwood, American Plane, Buttontree, Eastern Sycamore
Platanus palmeri is a large deciduous tree of the plane tree family, native to Texas and northern Mexico, known as Palmer's sycamore. It is a species distinct from the eastern American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, and is grown mainly as a shade tree in its native range.
Platanus palmeri is a species of flowering plant native to the southern United States (Texas) and northern Mexico (Coahuila). It was once thought to be a variety or at least a subspecies of Platanus occidentalis in some cases, but a review of modern plane tree genetics has confirmed its classification as a distinct species.
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