Family CN: Plane-tree Family Family Code: PLATAN Family Parent: [in PROTEALES] Family Authority: Dumortier 1829 Summary: A family of a single genus and about 7 species (and several addional infrataxa), trees, of North America south to Central America and w. Asia to se. Asia. Probably with a close relationship to the Proteaceae (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009), and sometimes included there (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 1998, 2003). Reference: Kaul in FNA (1997); Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1