Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae
Franklin Mint
<catset>Category="Fagales"</catset><catset>Category="Plant families"</catset><table border=1 cellpadding=0 style="position:relative; margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; float:right; clear:right; width:200px;"><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><div style="float:right; font-size:70%; padding:0 .5em 0 2em">?</div><b> Juglandaceae</b></th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;">[image]<br><small> <i>Juglans regia</i></small></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><th style=" background: lightgreen;"><b><a href="Scientific classification">Scientific classification</a></b></th></tr><tr style="text-align:center;"><td> <table cellpadding=2 style="margin:0 auto; text-align:left; background:none;"><tr valign=top><td>Kingdom:</td><td><a href="Plant">Plantae</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Division:</td><td><a href="Flowering plant">Magnoliophyta</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Class:</td><td><a href="Dicotyledon">Magnoliopsida</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Order:</td><td><a href="Fagales">Fagales</a></td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Family:</td><td><b>Juglandaceae</b><br><small> A. Richard ex <a href="Carl Sigismund Kunth">Kunth</a></small></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style="text-align:center; background: lightgreen;"><th><b> Genera</b></th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 0 .5em;"> <i>Alfaroa</i><br><i><a href="Hickory">Annamocarya</a></i> (beaked hickory)<br><i><a href="Hickory">Carya</a></i> (hickory and pecan)<br><i><a href="Wingnut">Cyclocarya</a></i> (wheel wingnut)<br><i><a href="Engelhardia">Engelhardia</a></i> (cheo)<br><i><a href="Walnut">Juglans</a></i> (walnut)<br><i>Oreomunnia</i><br><i>Platycarya</i><br><i><a href="Wingnut">Pterocarya</a></i> (wingnut)</td></tr></table><p>The <b>Juglandaceae</b> are a family of <a href="Dicotyledon">dicotyledonous</a> <a href="Tree">trees</a> in the order Fagales. There are nine genera in the family, including the commercially important <a href="Nut (fruit)">nut</a>-producing trees <a href="Walnut">Walnut</a>, <a href="Pecan">Pecan</a>, and <a href="Hickory">Hickory</a>.<p>[image] Features common to all the genera include large, alternate, pinnate <a href="Leaf">leaves</a> 20-100 cm long, wind-pollinated <a href="Catkin">Catkin</a> <a href="Flower">flowers</a> and the <a href="Fruit">Fruit</a> being a true botanical <a href="Nut (fruit)">nut</a>. <br clear=all> [image]