Platanus orientalis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	HAMAMELIDALES	PLATANACEAE

Scientific Name:

Platanus orientalis

Species Authority:

Common Name/s:

English

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Oriental Plane-tree

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Lower Risk/least concern ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Rare (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Very widespread ranging from the east Mediterranean throughout the middle east to the south-east provinces of the Euro-Siberian region.
Countries:	Native: Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; Greece; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Lebanon; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Turkey; Uzbekistan Introduced: Pakistan
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Population [top]

Population:	Wild populations of this widely cultivated species are rare in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Although considered Least Concern in the Caucasus, the origin of these populations needs to be determined.

Population:

Wild populations of this widely cultivated species are rare in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Although considered Least Concern in the Caucasus, the origin of these populations needs to be determined.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The only plane tree of the Old World. It is confined to temporary, moist, stone or gravel ravines, as the species requires moisture throughout the dry season.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is considered to be endangered in parts its range because of changing water courses for irrigation purposes and the increased expansion of agriculture.

Major Threat(s):

It is considered to be endangered in parts its range because of changing water courses for irrigation purposes and the increased expansion of agriculture.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Platanus orientalis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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