Talk:American sycamore
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In a previous version, it was said that in the United States, this tree was confusingly referred to as simply "sycamore". There are only three species of native Platanus (see [1]) in the United States, with ranges that do not overlap. Thus in a given area, there is no confusion about what the common name "sycamore" means. Commonly planted non-native Platanus are referred to by other names, such as "London plane tree". Thus I have removed this comment from the page.
Steve Baskauf, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences Steve Baskauf 13:23, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
- Wikipedia takes a world view, so the point "in a given area" is inapplicable. See sycamore for reasons why use of that name alone is very confusing: the true sycamore (i.e., the plant originally so named) is Ficus sycomorus. - MPF 15:28, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The classification of a sycamore tree.
What does the scientific name,Platanus occidentalis mean?
72.192.232.249 (talk) 21:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC)Deanna
