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
Paleospecies: †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) (basionym: Juglans pterocarpa Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 192 (1803)) = Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Lam.) Spach

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Finland (rarely short-lived alien), Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Belgium, Hungary. Regional: Southwestern Europe France. Regional: Southeastern Europe Italy. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Tadzhikistan (introduced). Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Iran, Turkey. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Laos, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Kunth, K.S. 1824. Annales des Sciences Naturelles (Paris) 2: 345. BHL

Additional references

• Wolfe, J.A. 1968. Paleogene biostratigraphy of nonmarine rocks in King County, Washington. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper: 571.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Pterocarya in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Pterocarya. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Pterocarya. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 26 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Pterocarya. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2015.

Vernacular names

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

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