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