Word: platanus
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...careful inspection and analysis by staff members of the Arnold Arboretum has established the identity of the trees along Memorial Drive that are to be moved for underpasses as "a hybrid of long standing between an American and Eurasian species of Platanus...
...common name for this tree in general use is London plane," according to Bernice G. Schubert, associate curator of the Arboretum, "but the use of common names is virtually meaningless." She appealed yesterday for use of the Latin nomenclature of the hybrid Platanus acerifolia...
This hybrid of Platanus was "originated perhaps as early as 1670," Miss Schubert explained. Choosing a common name for it is complicated, she said, since "it is more generally planted under the name of the oriental plane than the true Platanus orientalis...
...Miss Schubert said, "It matters little whether we 'Bolster the Buttonwood,' 'Preserve the Planes,' or 'Save the Sycamores' so long as the trees of Platanus along Memorial Drive are protected...
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