Taxon: Juglans jamaicensis C. DC.

Species on the following lists:

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Endangered
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• West Indian walnut   (Source: US Fish & Wildl List ) – English
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of English walnut   (based on crossability of Juglans regia with members of section Rhysocaryon fide Breed Pl Tree Crops 257. 2009)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Cuba; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico [c. & w.]

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Elias, T. S. 1972. The genera of Juglandaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 53:26–51.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
• Little, E. L., Jr. et al. 1964–1974. Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
• Manning, W. E. 1960. The genus Juglans in South America and the West Indies. Brittonia 12:1–26.
• McGranahan, G. & C. Leslie. 2009. Breeding walnuts (Juglans regia). In: Jain, S. M. & P.M. Priyadarshan, eds., Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species. 249–273.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Stone, D. E. et al. 2009. Natural history, distribution, phylogenetic relationships, and conservation of Central American black walnuts (Juglans sect. Rhysocaryon). J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 136:1–25.
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Juglans jamaicensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Juglans jamaicensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Juglans jamaicensis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Juglans domingensis Dode
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Juglans insularis Griseb.
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (=) Juglans portoricensis Dode
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)

Check other web resources for Juglans jamaicensis C. DC.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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