Carya palmeri
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''Carya palmeri'', the Mexican hickory, is a tree species native to
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. It was first described by
Wayne Eyer Manning Wayne Eyer Manning (December 4, 1899 – February 8, 2004) was an American Horticulture, horticulturist and Botany, botanist. Biography In 1920, Manning obtained his Bachelor of Sciences from Oberlin College. In 1926 he received his Doctor of Ph ...
. ''Carya palmeri'' is part of the genus ''
Carya Hickory is a common name for trees composing the genus ''Carya'', which includes around 18 species. Five or six species are native to China, Indochina, and India (Assam), as many as twelve are native to the United States, four are found in Mexi ...
'', and the family
Juglandaceae The Juglandaceae are a plant family known as the walnut family. They are trees, or sometimes shrubs, in the order Fagales. Members of this family are native to the Americas, Eurasia, and Southeast Asia. The nine or ten genera in the family have ...
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Range

''Carya palmeri'' is endemic to Mexico and is found in the mountains of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Vera Cruz It also occurs in San Luis Potosí. The tree grows on steep slopes, often in association with '' Carya myristiciformis''.


References

Manning, 1949 ''In: Journ. Arn. Arb. 30: 429'' World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
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