Platycrana is the type genus of the reconstituted subfamily Platycraninae: which are stick insects from the Asia-Pacific region. They belong to the monotypic tribe Platycranini <small>Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893</small>.
This is a monotypic genus, with Platycrana viridana <small>(Olivier, 1792)</small>: originally described as "Mantis viridana" <small>Olivier AG</small>; the type locality in the Moluccas.