Pterocarya

Pterocarya fraxinifolia (cultivated)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Juglandaceae
Subfamilia: Juglandoideae
Genus: Pterocarya
Species: P. fraxinifolia – P. hupehensis – P. macroptera – P. nanjiangensis – P. rhoifolia – P. stenoptera – P. tonkinensis – †P. pugetensis

Name

• Pterocarya Kunth Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 345. (1824)
• Type species:  Pterocarya pterocarpa (Michx.) Kunth ex Iljinsk. Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 47. (1953) – designated as synonym Juglans pterocarpa Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 192. (1803); = Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Lam.) Spach

References

• Kunth, K. S. 1824. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 2: 345. BHL
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Pterocarya. Published online. Accessed Jan. 26 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Pterocarya . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 26.
• Wolfe, J. A. 1968. Paleogene biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 571.

Vernacular names

dansk: Vingevalnød
English: Wingnut
suomi: Siipipähkinät
français: Ptérocaryer
日本語: サワグルミ

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