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Taxon:  Carya cathayensis Sarg.



Summary
Genus:
Carya
Section:
Apocarya
Family:
Juglandaceae
Nomen number:
9251
Place of publication:
C. S. Sargent, Pl. wilson. 3:187. 1916
Verified:
09/26/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Hicorius cathayensis (Sarg.) Chun

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Carya dabieshanensis M. C. Liu & Z. J. Li
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Reference(s)
  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  2. Elias, T. S. 1972. The genera of Juglandaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 53:36.
  3. Grauke, L. J. & M. A. Mendoza-Herrera. 2012. Population structure in the genus Carya. Acta Hort. 948:143-158.
  4. Grauke, L. J. & M. A. Mendoza-Herrera. 2012. Population structure in the genus Carya. Acta Hort. 948:143-158.
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 1:340.
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  7. Manning, W. E. 1963. Hickories reported in India and Laos with other notes on Carya in Asia. Brittonia 15:123-125.
  8. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  9. Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
  10. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  11. Steward, A. N. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. 1958
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  13. Zhang, B. et al. 2012. A pattern of unique embryogenesis occurring via apomixis in Carya cathayensis. Biol. Pl. 56:620-627.
  14. Zhang, B. et al. 2012. A pattern of unique embryogenesis occurring via apomixis in Carya cathayensis. Biol. Pl. 56:620-627.
  15. Zhang, J.-B. et al. 2013. Integrated fossil and molecular data reveal the biogeographic diversification of the Eastern Asian-Eastern North American disjunct hickory genus (Carya Nutt.). PLoS One 8(7): e70449.
  16. Zhang, J.-B. et al. 2013. Integrated fossil and molecular data reveal the biogeographic diversification of the Eastern Asian-Eastern North American disjunct hickory genus (Carya Nutt.). PLoS One 8(7): e70449.
Common names
English
Cathay hickory –
Chinese hickory –
German
Chinahickory –
Transcribed Chinese
shan he tao –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodnut Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Human foodoil/fat Zhang, B. et al. 2012. A pattern of unique embryogenesis occurring via apomixis in Carya cathayensis. Biol. Pl. 56:620-627.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9251. Accessed 31 August 2025.


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