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The town of San Saba, Texas claims to be "The Pecan Capital of the World" and is the site of the "Mother Tree" (c. 1850) considered to be the source of the state's production through its progeny. [47] [48] Alabama named the pecan the official state nut in 1982. [49] Arkansas adopted it as the official nut in 2009. [50]
The Elliot Pecan is now among the most popular pecan varieties in the Southeastern United States. Growers prefer the variety because of its drought tolerance, high level of scab resistance, and consistent nut quality. The Elliot Pecan fetches a premium price from consumers due to the nut's attractive symmetry and exceptional flavor. [5]
Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) Pignut hickory (Carya glabra) Shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) Shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa) Hornbeam (Carpinus spp.) American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) Ipê (Handroanthus spp.) Iroko, African teak (Milicia excelsa) Ironwood. Balau (Shorea spp.) American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Bitternut hickory is a diploid species with two sets of sixteen chromosomes that readily hybridizes with other diploid hickory species with a few named hican varieties available. The pecan variety 'Major' has bitternut alleles at two simple sequence repeat loci indicating a cryptic cross that may also have involved C. ovata.
Thousands of distinct plant species have been domesticated throughout human history. Not all modern domesticated plant varieties can be found growing in the wild; many are actually hybrids of two or more naturally occurring species and therefore have no wild counterpart.
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