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Juglans

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Also known as Walnut genus, Walnut

Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts. All species are deciduous trees, tall, with pinnate leaves , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not the hickories (Carya) in the same family.

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Juglans is a genus of woody plants and trees within the family Juglandaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae, phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Fagales. The scientific name is Juglans L. The taxonomic type species is Juglans regia. Common names for the genus include walnut, Walnoot, 胡桃属, oreh, and butternut. The fruit produced by these plants is a drupe.

Records of the genus are held by institutions including UCMP, FMNH, and GH, primarily in the United States and Mexico. There are 341,243 occurrence records and 1,089 specimen records associated with Juglans. Media files related to the genus number 422. The subject is referenced by 798 other encyclopedia articles. Descriptions of the taxon appear in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Species

Juglans

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyJuglandaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Amur, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Bolivia, California, China North-Central, China South-Central
Observations recorded341,243

Common Name: butternut

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,089
With media
422
Family
Juglandaceae
Collections
UCMP, FMNH, GH
Recorded in
United States, Mexico
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Research

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
tree
Parent taxon
Juglandaceae
Image
Juglans ailantifolia.jpg
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Commons category
Juglans
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Juglans
topic's main category
Category:Juglans
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6222
taxon common name
oreh
has fruit type
drupe
taxonomic type
Juglans regia
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
OpenStreetMap tag
genus=Juglans
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Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Folklore
  • Production
  • Cultivation and uses
  • Flowers
  • Fruit
  • Nuts and kernels
  • Shells
  • Husks
  • Wood
  • Parkland and garden trees
  • Walnut as wildlife food plants
  • Nutritional information
  • Systematics
  • Taxonomy
  • Sections and species
  • Hybrids
  • Phylogeny
  • Paleontological history
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Walnut trees are any species of tree in the plant genus Juglans, the type genus of the family Juglandaceae, the seeds of which are referred to as walnuts. All species are deciduous trees, tall, with pinnate leaves , with 5–25 leaflets; the shoots have chambered pith, a character shared with the wingnuts (Pterocarya), but not the hickories (Carya) in the same family.

The 21 species in the genus range across the north temperate Old World from southeast Europe east to Japan, and more widely in the New World from southeast Canada west to California and south to Argentina.

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