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Engelhardia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Engelhardia
Species

See text Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families included in the Kew list: Fagaceae - Beech family   (including Nothofagaceae) Betulaceae - Birch family Corylaceae - Hazel family Ticodendraceae not included in the Kew list: Casuarinaceae - She-oak family Juglandaceae - Walnut family Rhoipteleaceae Myricaceae The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best known trees. ... Genera Alfaroa Annamocarya (beaked hickory) Carya (hickory and pecan) Cyclocarya (wheel wingnut) Engelhardia (cheo) Juglans (walnut) Oreomunnia Platycarya Pterocarya (wingnut) The Juglandaceae are a family of dicotyledonous trees in the order Fagales. ...

Engelhardia is a genus of seven species of trees in the family Juglandaceae, native to southeast Asia from northern India east to Taiwan, Indonesia and the Philippines. The genus name is commonly mis-spelled "Engelhardtia", an error first made in the Index Kewensis; the original spelling is Engelhardia. See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... Genera Alfaroa Annamocarya (beaked hickory) Carya (hickory and pecan) Cyclocarya (wheel wingnut) Engelhardia (cheo) Juglans (walnut) Oreomunnia Platycarya Pterocarya (wingnut) The Juglandaceae are a family of dicotyledonous trees in the order Fagales. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ...


Species

  • Engelhardia cathayensis Dode
  • Engelhardia hainanensis Chen
  • Engelhardia nudiflora Hook. f.
  • Engelhardia roxburghiana Wall. (syn. E. chrysolepis Hance, E. fenzelii Merr.)
  • Engelhardia serrata Blume
    • Engelhardia serrata var. cambodica W. E. Manning
  • Engelhardia spicata Lesch ex Blume
    • Engelhardia spicata var. colebrookiana (Lindl.) Koorders & Valeton
  • Engelhardia ursina

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AF303747 Engelhardia roxburghiana atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer, chloroplast sequence.
AF303748 Engelhardia spicata atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer, chloroplast sequence.
AF303775 Engelhardia spicata trnL-trnF intergenic spacer, chloroplast sequence.
AllRefer.com - walnut : Common Species and Their Uses, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia (530 words)
The single-seeded nuts contain no endosperm; the edible portion is the corrugated, meaty seed leaves of the embryo itself.
Lumber is obtained chiefly from Juglans, Carya, and Engelhardia.
The latter genus is now restricted to East Asia, but fossil trees have been found in the United States.
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