Platanus wrightii
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
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| image = Platanus wrightii.jpg
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| genus = Platanus
| species = wrightii
| authority = S.Watson
| synonyms =
- Platanus mexicana Torr. (Illegitimate)
- Platanus racemosa subsp. wrightii (S. Watson) A.E. Murray
- Platanus racemosa var. wrightii (S. Watson) L.D. Benson
| synonyms_ref = {{Tropicos}}{{ThePlantList}}
| range_map = Platanus wrightii range map.jpg
| range_map_caption = Natural range
}}
Platanus wrightii, the Arizona sycamore,{{NPIN}} is a sycamore tree native to Arizona and New Mexico with its range extending south into the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa.Laferriere, J.E. Platanaceae, "Sycamore or Plane Tree Family". Journal of the Arizona–Nevada Academy of Science 26: 238. 1992
The tree is a large deciduous tree, growing up to {{cvt|25|m|ft|order=flip}}.{{EFloras|1|233500964|Platanus wrightii |family=Platanaceae |first=Robert B. |last=Kaul}}
Distribution
The Arizona sycamore is a tree of central Arizona's transition zone in the Mogollon Rim–White Mountains. The range extends into southwest New Mexico and parts of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa in Mexico.{{cite book|first=Elbert L.|last=Little Jr.|title=Atlas of United States Trees|volume=3 (Minor Western Hardwoods)|year=1976|publisher=US Government Printing Office|lccn=79-653298|oclc=4053799|entry-url=https://archive.org/details/atlasofunitedsta1314litt/page/n186/mode/1up|entry=Map 113, Platanus wrightii}} In Arizona the range extends south towards northern Sonora. The range in southeast Arizona is a northeasterly part of the Sonoran Desert, and is at the northern region of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera.
Arizona sycamore is prevalent in riparian areas of the Madrean Sky Islands, mountain sky islands in southeast Arizona, extreme southwest, Bootheel region of New Mexico and along the San Francisco River in Western New Mexico, northeastern Sonora, and extreme northwest Chihuahua). The species is more prevalent west of the Madrean Sky Islands region, still in the central and northeast Sonoran Desert, an area around the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument at the Arizona-Sonora border, with the species range extending in Sonora in the Occidentals, or its western foothills. Scattered reports have been made farther east in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
File:Phoradendronmacrophylla-azsyca.jpg|Colorado Desert mistletoe on host tree Platanus wrightii
File:Platanus wrightii bark.jpg|bark
Notes
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Platanus wrightii}}
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_cpn.pl?PLWR2 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- {{CalPhotos|Platanus|wrightii}}
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Category:Flora of the Sonoran Deserts