Carya
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Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online.
OverviewAI-generated
Carya is a genus of trees and crops within the family Juglandaceae. It belongs to the order Fagales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus is classified under the subfamily Juglandoideae and produces drupes as its fruit type. Common names for Carya include hickory, Karya, ořechovec, and Hickory.
The natural habitat of Carya is the temperate forest. The genus has been introduced to several regions, including Argentina Northeast, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Tadzhikistan, and Transcaucasus. Records of Carya are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, UCMP, and FMNH, with occurrences documented in the United States.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFagales
- FamilyJuglandaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,755
- With media
- 1,045
- Family
- Juglandaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UCMP, FMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
Key facts
- Nutritional value.name
- Hickory nuts (Carya spp.), dried
- Nutritional value.water
- 2.65 g
- Nutritional value.kJ
- 2749
- Nutritional value.protein
- 12.72 g
- Nutritional value.fat
- 64.37 g
- Nutritional value.satfat
- 7.038 g
- Nutritional value.monofat
- 32.611 g
- Nutritional value.polyfat
- 21.886 g <!--
- Nutritional value.ash
- 2.00 g-->
- Nutritional value.carbs
- 18.25 g
- Nutritional value.fiber
- 6.4 g
- Nutritional value.calcium_mg
- 61
- Nutritional value.copper_mg
- 0.738
- Nutritional value.iron_mg
- 2.12
- Nutritional value.magnesium_mg
- 173
- Nutritional value.phosphorus_mg
- 336
- Nutritional value.potassium_mg
- 436
- Nutritional value.sodium_mg
- 1
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
726 papers- Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Shells as a Source of Antioxidants: Implications for Oxidative Stress-Driven Pathologies.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
- Phytochemical Content and Potential Health Applications of Pecan [Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh) K. Koch] Nutshell.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2022
- Water uptake in germinating pecan (Carya illinoinensis) seed.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2023
- Proteomic Analysis of Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Nut Development.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- WRINKLED1 Positively Regulates Oil Biosynthesis in Carya cathayensis.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- Subdivision
- Asian hickories
- North American hickories
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Uses
- Nutrition
- Culinary
- Wood
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus Carya, which includes 19 species accepted by Plants of the World Online.
Seven species are native to Southeast Asia in China, Indochina, and northeastern India (Assam), and twelve are native to North America. A number of hickory species are used for their edible nuts or for their wood.
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