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Pterocarya (wingnut)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Taxonomy
Pterocarya was named by Kunth (1824). It is extant.

It was assigned to Juglandaceae by Knowlton (1919), Brown (1959), Hickey (1977), Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Pterocarya Kunth
1919Pterocarya Knowlton
1959Pterocarya Brown p. 128
1977Pterocarya Hickey
1991Pterocarya Chauhan
1996Pterocarya Liu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusPterocaryaKunth 1824

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pterocarya Kunth 1824 [wingnut]
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Pterocarya americana Lesquereux 1873
Pterocarya denticulata Weber 1852
Pterocarya hispida Brown 1962
Pterocarya retusa Lesquereux 1888
Pterocarya stenoptera de Candolle 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available