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|accepted_name=Planera
|accepted_authority=J. F. Gmelin
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Syst. Nat.
|place=2: 150. 1791
|year=1791
}}
|common_names=Water-elm;planer tree
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ulmaceae;Planera
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ulmaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Planera]]</div></div>
|etymology=for Johann Jacob Planer, German botanist and physician, 1743-1789
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="tree some measurement"><b>Trees,</b> to 12 m;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="crown position;crown width">crowns low, broad.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="bark coloration;bark coloration;bark architecture or pubescence;bark fragility"><b>Bark </b>gray or light-brown, scaly and flaky.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="wood fragility;wood fragility"><b>Wood </b>weak, brittle.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="branch architecture;branch orientation"><b>Branches </b>unarmed, spreading;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="twig pubescence;twig pubescence">twigs hirtellous when young, glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="stipule life cycle"><b>Leaves:</b> stipules falling early;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole present.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;base shape;margin architecture or shape"><b>Leaf-</b>blade rhombic-ovate to ovate-oblong, base oblique to rounded or cuneate, margins unequally serrate, apex acute;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="apex shape;apex architecture or shape">venation pinnate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="inflorescence architecture;inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences:</b> staminate fascicles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower quantity">pistillate solitary flowers or 2-3 together.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower reproduction;flower presence"><b>Flowers </b>normally unisexual, pedicellate, staminate and pistillate on same plants, a few bisexual flowers usually present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="calyx shape">calyx deeply 4-5-lobed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens when present 4-5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit architecture or shape;fruit shape;rib architecture or course;rib size or width"><b>Fruits </b>nutlike, ellipsoid, with irregular, thickened ribs.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America (se United States)
|discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=small1903a
|text=Small, J. K. 1903. Flora of the Southeastern United States.... New York.
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name=Planera
|author=William T. Barker
|authority=J. F. Gmelin
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ulmaceae
|distribution=North America (se United States)
|reference=small1903a
|publication title=Syst. Nat.
|publication year=1791
|special status=
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|genus=Planera
|apex architecture or shape=pinnate
|apex shape=acute
|bark architecture or pubescence=scaly
|bark coloration=light-brown;gray
|bark fragility=flaky
|base shape=oblique;rounded or cuneate
|branch architecture=unarmed
|branch orientation=spreading
|calyx shape=4-5-lobed
|crown position=low
|crown width=broad
|flower architecture=pistillate;staminate;pedicellate;pistillate
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|flower presence=absent
|flower quantity=few;2;3
|flower reproduction=bisexual;unisexual
|fruit architecture or shape=nutlike
|fruit shape=ellipsoid
|inflorescence architecture=staminate
|inflorescence arrangement=fascicles
|leaf-blade shape=rhombic-ovate;ovate-oblong
|margin architecture or shape=serrate
|petiole presence=absent
|rib architecture or course=irregular
|rib size or width=thickened
|stamen quantity=4;5
|stipule life cycle=falling
|tree some measurement=0m;12m
|twig pubescence=glabrate;hirtellous
|wood fragility=brittle;weak
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