Platycarya Pseudobrauni
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''Platycarya'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Juglandaceae The Juglandaceae are a plant family known as the walnut family. They are trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia. The nine or ten genera in the family have ...
native to eastern
Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
,
Korea Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically Division of Korea, divided at or near the 38th parallel north, 3 ...
, and
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
.Flora of China
''Platycarya''
/ref> The genus was formerly treated as comprising a single species ''
Platycarya strobilacea ''Platycarya strobilacea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Juglandaceae, formerly treated as comprising the single living species in ''Platycarya'', though a second living species '' Platycarya longzhouensis'' is now recognized. It ...
'', though the second living species '' Platycarya longzhouensis'' is now recognized. A number of fossil species have been discovered across the Northern Hemisphere dating from the
Early Eocene In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age (geology), age or lowest stage (stratigraphy), stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by th ...
, although they became confined to eastern Asia during the
Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...
ice ages. *†'' Platycarya americana'' *†'' Platycarya bognorensis'' *†'' Platycarya castaneopsis'' *†''
Platycarya manchesterii ''Platycarya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juglandaceae native to eastern Asia in China, Korea, and Japan.Flora of China''Platycarya''/ref> The genus was formerly treated as comprising a single species ''Platycarya strobilacea' ...
'' *†'' Platycarya miocenica'' *†'' Platycarya pseudobrauni'' *†''
Platycarya richardsoni ''Platycarya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juglandaceae native to eastern Asia in China, Korea, and Japan.Flora of China''Platycarya''/ref> The genus was formerly treated as comprising a single species ''Platycarya strobilacea' ...
'' (sic ''P. richardsonii'')


References

* Juglandoideae Fagales genera Taxa named by Philipp Franz von Siebold Taxa named by Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini {{Fagales-stub