JUGLANDACEAE

?Juglandaceae
Juglans regia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Juglandaceae A. Richard ex Kunth
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.

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.

Foliage and seed catkin of Platycarya strobilacea

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