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
  
• Pekannußbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• nogueira-peca   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• 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)
  
• nogal americano   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pecán   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• pecana   (Source: B. León, p.c.) – Spanish
  
• pecanero   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Human food: nut   (fide Food Feed Crops US)
  
• Fuels: charcoal; fuelwood   (esp. for smoking meats fide AH 519)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide J Arn Arb 53:42. 1972; AH 519)
  

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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
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Guanajuato, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Veracruz

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North America [natzd. elsewhere]

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• 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.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978–. Flora de Veracruz. (F 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.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. 1982. Edible Horticultural Crops. (Edible HC)
• León, B. 1995. pers. comm. [re. Spanish common names].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• 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)
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
• 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. (Pl Names)
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. German common names].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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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. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch, orth. var.
  (previously associated with 2 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 databases for Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch:

• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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