Wingnuts
Pterocarya
Pterocarya, often called wingnuts in English, are trees in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are native to Asia. The botanic name is from Ancient Greek πτερον (pteron) "wing" + κάρυον (karyon) "nut".
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Caucasian Wingnut
speciesPterocarya fraxinifolia
chinese wingnut
speciesPterocarya stenoptera
Japanese Wingnut
speciesPterocarya rhoifolia
Tonkin Wingnut
speciesPterocarya tonkinensis
Rehder Wingnut
hybridPterocarya × rehderiana
Large-winged Wingnut
speciesPterocarya macroptera
Hubei wingnut
speciesPterocarya hupehensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72325.