Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Platanus occidentalis in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 999 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Platanus occidentalis L.
original Latin diagnosis
Platanus foliis lobatis.
English translation
Platanus with leaf blades lobed.
| Platanus | Platanus |
| with leaf blades | foliis - ablative plural of second declension neuter noun folium, -i |
| lobed. | lobatis - ablative plural neuter of group A adjective lobatus, -a, -um; modifies foliis |