Scientific or common name:

Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. megacarpa (Sarg.) Sarg.

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JUGLANDACEAE - Walnut family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. megacarpa (Sarg.) Sarg.
Nomencl. ref.: Bot. Gaz. 66: 244. 1918
Rank: variety
See: ► Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet

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Common names

U.S. name: Pignut hickory

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Grown habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet
= Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. glabra
= Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. hirsuta (Ashe) Ashe
= Carya leiodermis Sarg.
= Carya magnifloridana Murrill
= Carya microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton
= Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. hirsuta (Ashe) Sarg.
= Carya x ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. hirsuta (Ashe) B. Boivin, nom. illeg.
= Hicoria austrina Small
= Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton
= Hicoria glabra (Mill.) Britton var. hirsuta Ashe

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Hamamelididae
Order: Juglandales
Family: Juglandaceae
Genus: Carya
Species:

1) Carya alba (L.) Nutt. 2) Carya aquatica (Michx. f.) Nutt. 3) Carya aquatica (Michx. f.) Nutt. var. australis Sarg. 4) Carya brownii Sarg. var. varians Sarg. 5) Carya buckleyi Durand 6) Carya buckleyi Durand var. arkansana (Sarg.) Sarg. 7) Carya carolinae-septentrionalis (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 8) Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 9) Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch var. latifolia Sarg. 10) Carya floridana Sarg. 11) Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet 12) Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. glabra 13) Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. hirsuta (Ashe) Ashe 14) Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. megacarpa (Sarg.) Sarg. 15) Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. odorata (Marsh.) Little 16) Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. villosa (Sarg.) B.L. Rob. 17) Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 18) Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 19) Carya leiodermis Sarg. 20) Carya magnifloridana Murrill 21) Carya microcarpa (Nutt.) Britton 22) Carya myristiciformis (Michx. f.) Nutt. 23) Carya oliviformis (Michx. f.) Nutt. 24) Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. 25) Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. hirsuta (Ashe) Sarg. 26) Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. mollis (Ashe) Sudw. 27) Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. obcordata (Muhl. & Willd.) Sarg. 28) Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. obovalis Sarg. 29) Carya ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. odorata (Marsh.) Sarg. 30) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch 31) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. australis (Ashe) Little 32) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. carolinae-septentrionalis (Ashe) Reveal 33) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. fraxinifolia Sarg. 34) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. nuttallii Sarg. 35) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch var. pubescens Sarg. 36) Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 37) Carya pecan (Marsh.) Engl. & Graebn. 38) Carya texana Buckley 39) Carya texana Buckley var. arkansana (Sarg.) Little 40) Carya texana Buckley var. villosa (Sarg.) Little 41) Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt. 42) Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt. var. subcoriacea (Sarg.) Palmer & Steyerm. 43) Carya x brownii Sarg. 44) Carya x collina Laughlin 45) Carya x demareei Palmer 46) Carya x dunbarii Sarg. 47) Carya x laneyi Sarg. 48) Carya x laneyi Sarg. var. chateaugayensis (Sarg.) B. Boivin 49) Carya x lecontei Little 50) Carya x ludoviciana (Ashe) Little 51) Carya x nussbaumeri Sarg. 52) Carya x ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. hirsuta (Ashe) B. Boivin, nom. illeg. 53) Carya x ovalis (Wangenh.) Sarg. var. odorata (Marsh.) B. Boivin, nom. illeg. 54) Carya x schneckii Sarg.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)


Map for Carya glabra (Mill.) Sweet var. megacarpa (Sarg.) Sarg.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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168) Podostemaceae (River-weed family) 169) Polemoniaceae (Phlox family) 170) Polygalaceae (Milkwort family) 171) Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family) 172) Portulacaceae (Purslane family) 173) Primulaceae (Primrose family) 174) Proteaceae (Protea family) 175) Pyrolaceae (Shinleaf family) 176) Rafflesiaceae (Rafflesia family) 177) Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) 178) Resedaceae (Mignonette family) 179) Rhamnaceae (Buckthorn family) 180) Rhizophoraceae (Red Mangrove family) 181) Rosaceae (Rose family) 182) Rubiaceae (Madder family) 183) Rutaceae (Rue family) 184) Sabiaceae (Sabia family) 185) Salicaceae (Willow family) 186) Santalaceae (Sandalwood family) 187) Sapindaceae (Soapberry family) 188) Sapotaceae (Sapodilla family) 189) Sarraceniaceae (Pitcher-plant family) 190) Saururaceae 191) Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family) 192) Schisandraceae (Schisandra family) 193) Scrophulariaceae (Figwort family) 194) Simaroubaceae (Quassia family) 195) Simmondsiaceae (Jojoba family) 196) Solanaceae (Potato family) 197) Sonneratiaceae 198) Sphenocleaceae (Spenoclea family) 199) Stackhousiaceae (Stackhousia family) 200) Staphyleaceae (Bladdernut family) 201) Sterculiaceae 202) Styracaceae (Storax family) 203) Surianaceae (Suriana family) 204) Symplocaceae (Sweetleaf family) 205) Tamaricaceae (Tamarix family) 206) Theaceae (Tea family) 207) Theophrastaceae (Theophrasta family) 208) Thymelaeaceae (Mezereum family) 209) Tiliaceae (Linden family) 210) Tropaeolaceae (Nasturtium family) 211) Turneraceae (Turnera family) 212) Ulmaceae (Elm family) 213) Urticaceae (Nettle family) 214) Valerianaceae (Valerian family) 215) Verbenaceae (Verbena family) 216) Violaceae (Violet family) 217) Viscaceae (Christmas Mistletoe family) 218) Vitaceae (Grape family) 219) Winteraceae (Wintera family) 220) Zygophyllaceae (Creosote-bush family)

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Genera (Juglandaceae)
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1) Carya (hickory) 2) Hicoria (hickory) 3) Juglans (walnut) 4) Platycarya 5) Pterocarya 6) Wallia (walnut)

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Common names (Carya)
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1) (no name) 2) Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis) 3) Black hickory (Carya texana) 4) Mockernut hickory (Carya alba) 5) Nutmeg hickory (Carya myristiciformis) 6) Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) 7) Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) 8) Red hickory (Carya ovalis) 9) Sand hickory (Carya pallida) 10) Scrub hickory (Carya floridana) 11) Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) 12) Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) 13) Southern shagbark hickory (Carya carolinae-septentrionalis) 14) Water hickory (Carya aquatica)

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More species:
1) Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch [1121]
2) Carya oliviformis (Michx. f.) Nutt. [81]
3) Carya ovata (Mill.) K. Koch [1303]
4) Caryota urens L. [1189]
5) Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippoid [250]
6) Casimiroa edulis Llave & Lex. [1731]
7) Caspareopsis monandra (Kurz) Britton & Rose [220]
8) Cassia absus L. var. meonandra Irwin & Barneby [190]
9) Cassia angustifolia Vahl [229]
10) Cassia brachiata (Pollard) J.F. Macbr. [202]

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