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Taxon: Carya myristiciformis (F. Michx.) Elliott

Genus: Carya section: Carya
Family: Juglandaceae.
Nomen number: 400197
Place of publication: Sketch bot. S. Carolina 2:628. 1824 "myristicaeformis" (T. Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. pl. 2:222. 1818, nom. nudum)
Comment: Nuttall listed only the epithet, and although he cited "Juglans species, L. Willd." under his genus Carya, this cannot be taken as an indirect reference to J. myristiciformis F. Michx. that was published after Willdenow
Name verified on: 06-Oct-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 18-Sep-2007
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 40 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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Common names:

  • nutmeg hickory   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  • nogal   (Source: F NAmer ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:

  • Fuels: charcoal; fuelwood   (fide AH 519; Mohr 1901, excellent fuel)
  • Materials: wood   (fide AH 519)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:147. [lists as C. "myristicaeformis" F. Michx.].
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex) [lists as C. "myristicaeformis" (F. Michx.) Nutt.].
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer) [lists as C. myristiciformis (F. Michx.) Nutt.].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • IPGRI. New World Fruits Database - on-line resource. (New World Fruits)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [lists as C. myristiciformis (F. Michx.) Nutt.].
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • Magness, J. R. et al. 1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1. (Crops US)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Mohr, C. 1901. Plant life of Alabama. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6:463. [= Hicoria "myristicaeformis (F. Michx.) Britton].
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin) [lists as C. "myristicaeformis" F. Michx.].
  • Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas. (L Arkansas) [lists as C. myristiciformis (F. Michx.) Nutt.].
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Check other databases for Carya myristiciformis (F. Michx.) Elliott:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images 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.

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?400197 (09 February 2010)

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