Hickories
L. J. Grauke
Research Horticulturist & Curator
National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Pecans and Hickories

Introduction
Evolutionary History
History
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Identification

• Genus
• Sections
• Species
• Field key to the species of Carya in the U.S.
  • Section Apocarya
    • C. illinoinensis
    • C. aquatica
    • C. cordiformis
    • C. palmeri
  • Section Carya
    • C. glabra
    • C. laciniosa
    • C. myristiciformis
    • C. ovata (includes C. carolinae-septentrionalis)
    • C. ovalis
    • C. pallida
    • C. floridana
    • C. texana
    • C. tomentosa
• Asian species of Carya
  • Section Sinocarya
    • C. cathayensis
    • C. dabieshanensis
    • C. hunanensis
    • C. kweichowensis
    • C. poilanei
    • C. tonkinensis
  • Annamocarya sinensis
• Economic Botany
  Literature Cited

• LJ Grauke , Research Horticulturist & Curator
  USDA-ARS Pecan Genetics
  10200 FM 50
  Somerville, TX 77879
  tele: 979-272-1402
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  e-mail:ljg@tamu.edu
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