Platycarya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Juglandaceae native to eastern Asia in China, Korea, and Japan.Flora of China: Platycarya
The genus was formerly treated as comprising a single species Platycarya strobilacea, 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, although they became confined to eastern Asia during the Pleistocene ice ages. †Platycarya americana †Platycarya bognorensis †Platycarya castaneopsis †Platycarya manchesterii †Platycarya miocenica †Platycarya pseudobrauni †Platycarya richardsoni (sic P. richardsonii)
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