Editing Platanaceae (section)

== Systematic position ==
The [[APG II system]] (2003) allows the option of including it in the family [[Proteaceae]], or treating it as distinct as a segregate family. In as far as APG II accepts the family, it is placed in the order [[Proteales]], in the clade [[eudicots]]. This represents a slight change from the [[APG system]] of 1998, which did accept this family.  The [[Cronquist system]] of 1981 recognized the family and placed it in order [[Hamamelidales]], in subclass [[Hamamelidae]] {{sic}} in class [[Magnoliopsida]] (dicotyledons). The [[Dahlgren system]] and [[Thorne system (1992)]] also recognized this family and placed it in the order Hamamelidales in superorder Rosanae in subclass Magnoliidae ''sensu'' Dahlgren and Thorne (dicotyledons). The [[Engler system]], in its 1964 update, also recognized the family and placed it in the order [[Rosales]] in subclass Archichlamydeae of class [[Dicotyledoneae]]. The [[Wettstein system]], last revised in 1935, also recognized the family and placed it in the order Hamamelidales in the Monochlamydeae in subclass Choripetalae of the class Dicotyledones. Based on molecular and morphological data the APW (Angiosperm Phylogeny Website) places the family in the order Proteales as a sister family to the [[Proteaceae]], making them the Northern Hemisphere version of this family (cf.  [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/welcome.html AP-website]).