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Hicoria

Angiospermae - Fagales - Juglandaceae

Taxonomy
Hicoria was named by Rafinesque-Schmaltz (1808). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Carya by LaMotte (1952).

It was assigned to Juglandaceae by Knowlton (1899) and Knowlton (1919).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Hicoria Rafinesque-Schmaltz
1899Hicoria Knowlton
1919Hicoria Knowlton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyJuglandaceae
genusHicoriaRafinesque-Schmaltz 1808

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Hicoria Rafinesque-Schmaltz 1808
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Hicoria alba Nuttall 1818
Hicoria antiquora Newberry 1868
Hicoria biacuminata Perkins 1904
Hicoria crescentia Knowlton 1899
Hicoria culveri Knowlton 1899
Hicoria elaenoides Unger 1850
Hicoria juglandiformis Sternberg 1825
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Invalid names: Carya bilinica Unger 1850 [synonym]
Hicoria magnifica Knowlton 1904
Hicoria oregoniana Knowlton 1902
Hicoria pretexana Berry 1916
Hicoria princetonia Cockerell 1908
Hicoria pseudoglabra Hollick 1906
Hicoria rostrata Göppert 1861
Hicoria verrucosa Lesquereux 1861
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Oligocene or 83.50000 to 23.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Carya antiquorum (34975)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (11335 11340 11401 14805)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (40083 40884 43240 43305 57929 57947 57963 57967 57973 57974 57991)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Carya antiquorum (52825 52826 52953 52964 53062 53065)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Carya antiquorum (40390 58036 58037 58083)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Carya antiquorum (53600 53694)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (11402)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (11333 11403 28632 28633 28634 28635 28636 28637 28638 28639 28640 28641 28643 28644)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (North Dakota) Carya antiquorum (10808)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (11348 11352 11373 11374 11376 11378 11380 11382 11386 11420 11458 28659 28660 28667 28673 28674 28678 28688 28900 28902 28905 28906)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (11396 11406 11473 11475 11477 11502)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Carya antiquorum (10966)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Carya antiquorum (28698 57980)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) H. dawsoni, H. stanleyanum (227791)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) H. antiqua (24156) H. crescentia (24089) H. culveri (24087)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Montana) Carya antiquorum (23793)