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Genus: Juglans

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Nomenclature

Juglans L., Sp. Pl. 2: 997. 1753. Gen. Pl., 431. 1754. Nux Duhamel, Traité Arbr. Arbust. 2: 49. 1755, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). LECTOTYPE: Juglans regia L., designated by Britton & Brown (1913)

Pericarya Dochnahl, Sich. Filhr. Obstk. 4: 22, 24. 1860. TYPES: Unknown.

Pittocarya Dochnahl, Sich. Filhr. Obstk. 4: 22, 24. 1860. TYPES: Unknown.

Wallia Alef., Bonplandia 9: 336. 1861. TYPE: Not designated.

Key to the species of Juglans

1. Pith dark chocolate-brown; dense pad of short gray hairs above margin of old leaf scars; fruit oblong-ovoid...Juglans cinerea
1. Pith tan to creamy; lacking pad of hairs above margin of leaf scars; fruit globose...Juglans nigra

List of Juglans Species

Juglans cinerea Juglans nigra Juglans ailantifolia Juglans regia

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