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Carya ×dunbarii
Scientific Name: Carya ×dunbarii
Family: Juglandaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Carya × dunbarii
Common names include Dunbar's hickory and hybrid hickory.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Carya × dunbarii Sarg.
- Family: Juglandaceae (Walnut Family)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Rank: Hybrid
- Synonyms/Alternative Names:
- x Hicoria dunbarii (Sargent) comb. nov.
Distribution and Habitat
- This plant is a naturally occurring hybrid, regularly reported between Carya ovata and C. laciniosa.
Morphological Characteristics and Growth Habits
- Carya × dunbarii is a member of the Hickories (Genus Carya).
Interactions with Other Organisms
- It is a hybrid between the diploid shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) and the diploid shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa).
- Two naturally occurring hybrids are regularly reported with Carya ovata – with C. laciniosa to produce C. x dunbarii Sarg. And with C. cordiformis to produce C. x brownii.
Further Information
- Taxonomic Serial No.: 19229.
- International Plant Names Index: Carya dunbarii Sarg.
- Type Specimen: HOLOTYPE barcode-00283624 of Carya dunbarii Sarg.
- World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World in the Catalogue of Life.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
- Tropicos database.
- Encyclopedia of Life.