Planera J.F.Gmel.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Planera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/planera/). Accessed 2026-10-14.

Family

Ulmaceae

Species in genus

Planera aquatica

Glossary

nut: Dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit with woody outer wall.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Planera' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/planera/). Accessed 2026-10-14.

Planera aquatica thriving at Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, Ireland. September 2016. Image John Anderson.

A genus of one deciduous species in the south-eastern United States. From its allies Ulmus, Celtis and Zelkova, the first of which it resembles in foliage, it differs in the nut-like tubercled fruit. The genus is named after J. J. Planer, a German physician (1743–1789).

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