What is Platanaceae?
{{Taxobox | name = Platanaceae | image = Platanus acerifolia leaves (2).jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Plantanus × hispanica'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Proteales]] | familia = '''Platanaceae''' | familia_authority = T.Lestib. }} {{commonscat|Platanaceae}} '''Platanaceae''' is a [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[flowering plant]]s. The family has only one [[genus]] ''[[platanus]]''. This genus has six to ten species of tall [[tree]]s. The trees grow naturally in [[temperate]] and [[subtropical]] [[region]]s of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. In all species, the flowers grow in dense groups of small flowers. The [[fruit]]s are small [[achene]]s with [[hair]]s near the base. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Plant families]] [[Category:Proteales]]