Taxon: Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch

• conservation of Koch's altered spelling failed at Berlin
• review history of nomenclature proposal concerning this name from the Smithsonian Institution's database

Common names:

• pecan   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• mei guo shan he tao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• pacanier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Hickorynußbaum   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  
• Pekannuß   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Pekannußbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• nogueira-japonêsa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• nogueira-pecã   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• noz-japonêsa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• noz-pecã   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• pecã   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• černoj pekan   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• nogal americano   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pecán   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pecana   (Source: B. León, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• pecanero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pekanhickory   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: nut   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Fuels: charcoal   (esp. for smoking meats fide AH 519)
  
• Fuels: fuelwood   (esp. for smoking meats fide AH 519)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of pecan   (based on crossability with pecan fide Acta Hort 859:240. 2010; Crop Germp Comm 2004)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide J Arn Arb 53:42. 1972; AH 519)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [s. & w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa [s.e.], Kansas [s.e.], Missouri, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Kentucky [w.], Louisiana, Mississippi [w.], Tennessee
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Guanajuato, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz

• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Malta
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  United States [e.]

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan
  China: China
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
  United States
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil

• exact native range obscure owing to extensive cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Brummitt, R. K. 1988. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 35. Taxon 37:448. [conservation not recommended].
• Elias, T. S. 1972. The genera of Juglandaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 53:36.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz.
• Grauke, L. J. et al. 1986. (808) Proposal to conserve the name of pecan as Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K. Koch and reject the orthographic variant Carya illinoinensis (Wang.) K. Koch (Juglandaceae). Taxon 35:174–177.
• Grauke, L. J. et al. 2010. Plastid microsatellite markers in Carya. Acta Hort. 859:237–246.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• León, B. 1995. pers. comm. [re. Spanish common names].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Nicolson, D. H. 1988. General Committee Report 1. Taxon 37:440. [conservation proposal rejected, C. illinoinensis remains correct].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. German common names].
• Stone, D. E. et al. 1964. Morphological and chemical evidence of the hybrid nature of bitter pecan, Carya × lecontei. Brittonia 17:97–106.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Carya illinoinensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Carya illinoinensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Carya illinoinensis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch, orth. var.
  (previously associated with 7 accessions)
• (=) Carya oliviformis (Michx.) Nutt.
  
• (=) Carya pecan (Marshall) Engl. & Graebn.
  (previously associated with 4 accessions)
• (=) Hicorius pecan (Marshall) Britton
  
• (≡) Juglans illinoinensis Wangenh. (basionym)
  
• (=) Juglans oliviformis Michx.
  
• (=) Juglans pecan Marshall
  

Check other web resources for Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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