Juglans
Sign in to saveWalnut 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 walnut trees that produce the walnuts we eat, belonging to a larger plant family called Juglandaceae. These are tall deciduous trees with feathery leaves containing 5–25 leaflets, and they're distinguished from related trees like hickories by having a special chambered structure inside their branches.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFagales
- FamilyJuglandaceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- tree
- Parent taxon
- Juglandaceae
- Image
- Juglans ailantifolia.jpg
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22 sectionsContents
- 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.