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Juglandaceae

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)

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.

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.








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