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Juglans (walnut)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Juglans Linnaeus
1899Juglans Knowlton
1914Juglans Berry p. 30
1919Juglans Knowlton
1959Juglans Brown p. 128
1976Juglans Lakhanpal et al.
1991Juglans Chauhan
1996Juglans Liu et al.
2000Juglans Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusJuglans

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. Juglans Linnaeus 1753 [walnut]
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Juglans acuminata Braun 1845
Juglans affinis Kirchner 1898
Juglans alkalina Lesquereux 1875
Juglans appressa Lesquereux 1869
Juglans arctica Heer 1882
Juglans baltica Heer 1882
Juglans bendirei Knowlton 1902
Juglans berryi Knowlton 1916
Juglans brandonianus Perkins 1904
Juglans cinerea Linnaeus 1753
Juglans coloradensis Lesquereux 1918
Juglans crassifolia Knowlton 1902
Juglans crassipes Heer 1869
Juglans crescentia Knowlton 1899
Juglans crossii Knowlton 1898
Juglans cryptata Knowlton 1902
Juglans debeyana Heer 1866
Juglans dentata Newberry 1882
Juglans elongata Hollick 1906
Juglans florissanti Lesquereux 1883
Juglans harwoodensis Dawson 1882
Juglans laurifolia Knowlton 1899
Juglans leconteana Lesquereux 1870
Juglans leonis Cockerell 1908
Juglans magnifica Knowlton 1916
Juglans mandshurica Maximowicz 1856
Juglans minutidens Knowlton 1918
Juglans missouriensis Knowlton 1900
Juglans nigella Heer 1869
Juglans nigra Linnaeus 1753
Juglans obtusifolia Heer 1859
Juglans occidentalis Newberry 1882
Juglans oregoniana Lesquereux 1878
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Invalid names: Juglans hesperia Knowlton 1898 [synonym]
Juglans picroides Heer 1869
Juglans regia Linnaeus 1753
Juglans rhamnoides Lesquereux 1871
Juglans rugosa Lesquereux 1868
Juglans saffordiana Lesquereux 1869
Juglans sapindiformis Knowlton 1918
Juglans sapindoides Knowlton 1918
Juglans schimperi Lesquereux 1871
Juglans sepultus Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Juglandites costatus Presl 1833 [synonym]
Juglans similis Knowlton 1918
Juglans thermalis Lesquereux 1871
Juglans townsendi Knowlton 1894
Juglans ungeri Heer 1859
Juglans vetusta Heer 1859
Juglans woodiana Heer 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Coniacian to the top of the Holocene or 89.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (124 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6USA (Georgia) Juglans arctica (28321)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Juglans arctica (210091)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Juglans arctica (96781)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Juglans denveriana (54105)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Juglans spp. (31220)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Juglans taurina (40104 43313 53949)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Juglans berryana (43413 52846 52931 53084)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Juglans taurina (40390)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Juglans eocenica (22811)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Juglans sp. (179231)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Juglans nigripites (231931)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Juglans browniana (35336 35347)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) Juglans bastropensis (98211)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Juglans clarnensis (21220)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Juglans crescentia (24089) Juglans laurifolia (24130) Juglans rugosa (24088 24090 24137 24147 24155 24157) Juglans rugosa, Juglans crescentia (24156) Juglans schimperi (24091)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Russian Federation Juglans sp. (45449)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Vietnam Juglans schimperi (224535)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Juglans wheelerensis (35221)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Juglans regia (23793)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Juglans sp. (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Virginia) Juglans sp. (231708)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Russian Federation Juglans sp. (45431 45432 45433)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Juglans sp. (116622 116637)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Juglans sp. (116633)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Canada (Northwest Territories) Juglans sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation Juglans sp. (45442)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Juglans cinerea (23907 23908)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Juglans sp. (231834)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Juglans sp., Juglans cinerea (22820)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Zhejiang) Juglans miocathayensis (224041)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Inner Mongolia) Juglans indioensis (223910)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Juglans sp. (223850)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Juglans acuminata (46327) Juglans sp. (46324)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Juglans japonica (22789)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58China (Jilin) Juglans shanwangensis (223933)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58China (Yunnan) Juglans sp. (224533)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Juglans desatoyana (27179) Juglans nevadensis (27701)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Juglans miocathayensis, Juglans shanwangensis, Juglans acuminata (223803)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Juglans sp. (23401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Juglans sp. (79793)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Juglans acuminata (46225)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Juglans wandae, Juglans ventricosa, Juglans cinerea (28442)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Juglans sp. (45451)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 815.97 - 11.1Switzerland (Aargau) Juglans acuminata (46279)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Juglans acuminata (23041) Juglans bergomensis (23666) Juglans sieboldiana (23045 27379)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Juglans sp. (126605 187324)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Juglans acuminata (46237)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Juglans japonica (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Juglans japonica (222698) Juglans regia (222695)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Juglans bergomensis, Juglans cinerea (21222)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Shaanxi) Juglans sp. (223874)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Juglans sp. (168063)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Juglans sp. (232112 232124 232125 232144 232145 232146 232147 232148)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) Juglans bergomensis (51756 51757)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Juglans bergomensis (28197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Juglans tengchongensis, Juglans sp. (224402)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Mie) Juglans sp. (34496)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan (Niigata) Juglans megaceneria (101021)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Juglans sp. (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) Juglans shanwangensis (223913)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kishiwada city) Juglans sp. (168070)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) Juglans sp. (168071 168082)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu & Kashmir) Juglans sp. (225945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Alpes Maritimes) Juglans sp. (50522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) Juglans mandshurica (223990)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Juglans sp. (224613 224614 224715 224751)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Jammu and Kashmir) Juglans sp. (228772)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Juglans sp. (228774 228775 228777 228778)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Juglans sp. (228809)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Juglans regia (228760) Juglans sp. (228776) Juglans sp., Juglans regia (228761)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Juglans sp. (104698)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129India (Jammu and Kashmir) Juglans sp. (228782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Juglans sp. (63249)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Juglans sp. (168083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Juglans sp. (228764 228780)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Juglans sp. (228762 228763 228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Juglans sp. (228783)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Inner Mongolia) Juglans mandshurica (223943)