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Juglandaceae

Juglans regia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Genera

Alfaroa
Annamocarya (beaked hickory)
Carya (hickory and pecan)
Cyclocarya (wheel wingnut)
Engelhardia (cheo)
Juglans (walnut)
Oreomunnia
Platycarya
Pterocarya (wingnut) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (784x929, 210 KB) picture made by myself; Walnoot; Juglans regia variety Broadview; Juglans regia File links The following pages link to this file: Juglandaceae Persian Walnut ... 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. ... Species See text Hickory is a tree of the genera Carya and Annamocarya. ... Species See text Hickory is a tree of the genera Carya and Annamocarya. ... Species See text The wingnuts (Pterocarya) are a genus of plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae, native to Asia. ... Species See text 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. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ... Species See text The wingnuts (Pterocarya) are a genus of plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae, native to Asia. ...

The Juglandaceae are a family of dicotyledonous trees in the order Fagales. There are nine genera in the family, including the commercially important nut-producing trees walnut, pecan, and hickory. Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... Hazelnuts from the Common Hazel A nut in botany is a one-seeded (rarely two) simple dry fruit in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity. ... This article is about the walnut tree. ... Binomial name Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh. ... Species See text Hickory is a tree of the genera Carya and Annamocarya. ...

Nut of Juglans regia
Nut of Juglans regia

Features common to all the genera include large, alternate, pinnate leaves 20-100 cm long, wind-pollinated catkin flowers and the fruit being a true botanical nut.
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1071, 294 KB) Walnut File links The following pages link to this file: Walnut Juglandaceae ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1071, 294 KB) Walnut File links The following pages link to this file: Walnut Juglandaceae ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... A male catkin on a willow Catkins, or aments, are slim, cylindrical flower clusters, wind-pollinated and without petals, that can be found in many plant families, including Betulaceae, Fagaceae and Salicaceae. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Spain. ... Hazelnuts from the Common Hazel A nut in botany is a one-seeded (rarely two) simple dry fruit in which the ovary wall or part of it becomes very hard (stony or woody) at maturity. ...

Foliage and seed catkin of Platycarya strobilacea
Foliage and seed catkin of Platycarya strobilacea

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Juglandaceae - encyclopedia article about Juglandaceae. (1413 words)
Cyclocarya wingnuts (Pterocarya) are a genus of plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae, native to Asia.
Engelhardia 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.
Pterocarya wingnuts (Pterocarya) are a genus of plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae, native to Asia.
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