Platycarya

Platycarya
Temporal range: Early Eocene–Recent
Autumn foliage and fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Juglandaceae
Subfamily: Juglandoideae
Tribe: Platycaryeae
Genus: Platycarya
Siebold & Zucc.
Species
  • See text
Synonyms
  • Fortunaea Lindl.
  • Petrophiloides E.Reid & M.Chandler

Platycarya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juglandaceae native to eastern Asia in China, Korea, and Japan.[1]

Platycarya strobilacea

The genus was formerly treated as comprising a single species Platycarya strobilacea, though the second living species Platycarya longzhouensis is now recognized.[2]

A number of fossil species have been discovered across the Northern Hemisphere dating from the Early Eocene,[3] although they became confined to eastern Asia during the Pleistocene ice ages.[4][5]

  1. ^ Flora of China: Platycarya
  2. ^ Wan, Q.; Zheng, Z.; Huang, K.; Guichoux, E.; Petit, R. J. (2017). "Genetic divergence within the monotypic tree genus Platycarya (Juglandaceae) and its implications for species' past dynamics in subtropical China". Tree Genetics & Genomes. 13 (4): 1–11. doi:10.1007/s11295-017-1153-9. S2CID 25199346.
  3. ^ Wing, S. L.; Hickey, L. J. (1984). "The Platycarya perplex and the evolution of the Juglandaceae". American Journal of Botany. 71 (3): 388–411. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1984.tb12525.x.
  4. ^ Wing, Scott L.; Hickey, Leo J. (1984). "The Platycarya Perplex and the Evolution of the Juglandaceae". American Journal of Botany. 71 (3): 388–411. doi:10.2307/2443497. JSTOR 2443497.
  5. ^ Sutton, Julian (2019). "'Platycarya' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online". Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  6. ^ a b "Fossilworks: Platycarya".
  7. ^ Manchester, S. (1987). "Fossil History of the Juglandaceae". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 21: 1–137.