Pterocarya

species of plant

Pterocarya, often called wingnuts in English, are trees in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are native to Asia and parts of Europe. The botanic name is from Ancient Greek (pteron) "wing" + (karyon) "nut". The genus is of particular scientific interest as a classic relict lineage, with a modern distribution disjunct between East Asia and the Caucasus–West Asian region, while its fossil record shows it was once widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere. Many fossils are known from the New World and the genus survived in the New world till the Pliocene. Most species of wingnuts are la

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species of plant

species of plant

species of plant

species of plant