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Juglans regia

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Juglans regia

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Also known as common walnut, Old World Walnut, Walnut, Persian Walnut, Juglans fallax

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Juglans regia, commonly known as the Persian walnut, common walnut, or Echte Walnuss, is a species of tree in the family Juglandaceae. It belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the genus Juglans. The taxon is classified as a deciduous plant and is recognized as a useful plant. It serves as a source for walnuts and walnut oil and has uses in afforestation, as a medicinal plant, and for dye.

The species is native to regions including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, and the West Himalaya. Its range also includes Beijing, Fujian, and Xinjiang in China. Juglans regia is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List as of 2017. The scientific name was authored by L.

Synthesized by Vinony from 49 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, IUCN Red List, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

Persian walnut

Juglans regia

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyJuglandaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Himalaya
Observations32,523
Observations recorded249,024

Common Name: ancona walnut

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,269
With media
744
Family
Juglandaceae
Collections
FCB-BUAP, ENCB-IPN, ECOSUR, INECOL, UACH, CICY
Recorded in
Mexico, United States
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
useful plant
Parent taxon
Juglans
Image
Juglans regia Echte Walnussfrucht 1.jpg
Has use
wood
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Juglans regia
Commons category
Juglans regia
Commons gallery
Juglans regia
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=20772
taxon common name
Inklìshi' tùkwimënshi
sequenced genome URL
plants.ensembl.org/Juglans_regia
taxon range
Guangdong
water footprint
4918
foliage type
deciduous plant
short name
J. regia
taxon author citation
L.
OpenStreetMap tag
species=Juglans_regia
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Encyclopedic overview

Juglans regia, known by various common names including the common walnut, English walnut, or Persian walnut amongst other names, is a species of walnut. It is native to Eurasia in at least southwest and central Asia and southeast Europe, but its exact natural area is obscure due to its long history of cultivation.

The species has numerous cultivars which produce the edible walnut consumed around the world and produced predominantly in China. It is widely cultivated across temperate regions throughout the world including those of Eurasia, Australia, and the Americas.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Juglans regia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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