Carya alba

Carya alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Juglandaceae
Subfamilia: Juglandoideae
Genus: Carya
Species: Carya alba

Name

Carya alba (L.) Nutt., 1818

Synonyms

• Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 221 (1818)
• Carya tomentosa var. subcoriacea E.J.Palmer & Steyerm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 515 (1935)
• Hicorius alba Britton, Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, 15: 284 (1888) (p. p.)
• Hicorius alba Raf., Alsogr. Amer. 66 (1838)
• Hicorius maxima Raf., Alsogr. Amer. 66, 67 (1838)
• Hicorius tomentosa (Lam.) Raf., Alsog. Am. 66 (1838)
• Juglans alba L., Sp. Pl. 997 (1753)
• Juglans compressa Gaertn., Fruct. 2: 91, t. 89 (1791) (p. p.)
• Juglans glabra J.F.Gmel., Syst. 755 (1791) (p. p.)
• Juglans procera Salisb., Prod. 392 (1796) (p. p.)
• Juglans squamosa Poir., Lam. Encyc. 4: 504 (1797)
• Juglans tomentosa Lam., Encyc. 4: 504 (1797) (p. p.)
• Juglans tomentosa (Lam.) Michx., Hist. Arbr. Am. Sept. 1: 184 (1811)
• Scoria alba Raf., Med. Repos. N. York, 5: 352 (1808) (p. p.)
• Scoria tomentosa (Lam.) Raf., Med. Repos. N. York, 5: 352 (1808)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: USA USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 2: 221

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Carya alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Carya alba. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Carya alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Mar 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022 Mar 01. Carya alba. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} 2022 Mar 01.

Vernacular names

English: Mockernut hickory

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