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Juglandaceae

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Juglandaceae

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Juglandaceae

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Juglandaceae

Deciduous, monoecious trees, occasionally shrubs. Lvs alternate, imparipinnate, exstipulate. ♂ fls numerous, usually in pendulous catkins, bracteate; bracteoles usually 2; perianth of calyx only, (1)-3-6-lobed, usually adnate to bracteoles; stamens 3-40, in 2 or more series; filaments short. ♀ fls few, sessile on the axis; bract and bracteoles 2; perianth 4-lobed, ± adnate to ovary; ovary inferior, 1-celled or incompletely 2-4-celled. Ovule 1, erect, basal. Style 2-fid, with stigmatic surface on inner face of branches. Fr. either a drupe with soft exocarp and endocarp hard, intrusive and 2-4-celled at base, or, less commonly, a nut (sometimes winged) and often adnate to enlarged bract and bracteoles. Seed non-endospermic, 2-4-lobed; cotyledons often very contorted and oily.

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Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae

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1 January 2000
3 August 2011
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