Juglandaceae
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Juglandaceae, forby kent as the wawnit faimily, is a faimily o trees, or whiles shrubs, in the order Fagales. Various members o this faimily is native tae the Americas, Eurasie, an Sootheast Asie. Members o the walnut faimily hae lairge, aromatic leafs that is uisually alternate, but opposite in Alfaroa an Oreomunnia. The leafs is pinnately compound, or ternate, an uisually 20–100 cm lsng.
Juglandaceae | |
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Juglans regia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Faimily: | Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb |
Subfaimilies | |
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Synonyms | |
Platycaryaceae Nakai ex Doweld Pterocaryaceae Nakai, nom. inval. Rhoipteleaceae Hand.-Mazz., nom. cons.[1] |
The trees is wind-pollinated, an the flouers is uisually arranged in catkins.
The aicht genera in the faimily include the commercially important nit-producin trees wawnit (Juglans), pecan (Carya illinoinensis), an hickory (Carya). The Persie wawnit, Juglans regia, is ane o the major nit craps o the warld. Wawnit, hickory, an gaulin is valuable timber trees an aa.