Juglandaceae
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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Juglandaceae
| image = Juglans regia Broadview.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Juglans regia
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Fagales
| familia = Juglandaceae
| familia_authority = A. Richard ex Kunth
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
Alfaroa
Annamocarya (beaked hickory)
Carya (hickory and pecan)
Cyclocarya (wheel wingnut)
Engelhardia (cheo)
Juglans (walnut)
Oreomunnia
Platycarya
Pterocarya (wingnut)
}}
The Juglandaceae are a family of dicotyledonous trees in the order Fagales. There are nine genera in the family, including the commercially important nut-producing trees walnut, pecan, and hickory.
Image:Walnut03.jpg
Features common to all the genera include large, alternate, pinnate leaves 20-100 cm long, wind-pollinated catkin flowers and the fruit being a true botanical nut.
Image:Platycarya strobilacea1.jpgTemplate:Tree-stub
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