包含約18種原生於北美洲東部與亞洲東部之落葉喬木，木材樹種，並生產堅果。北美洲西部、格林蘭島、冰島與歐洲一帶皆發現分類上歸於本屬的植物化石。木材堅硬沉重；核果（多具有堅硬的木質外皮或外殼）中藏有「堅果」，多個種類的果仁可食用。

山核桃屬(屬)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
山胡桃屬(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
shan ho t'ao shu(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
shān hé táo shǔ (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
shan he tao shu (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Carya(genus)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
Carya(genus)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,N)
hickory(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,N)
nogal americano(genus)　(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
jockory(genus)　(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,UF,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................植物界 (界)
....................被子植物門 (門)
........................木蘭綱 (綱)
............................殼斗目 (目)
................................胡桃科 (科)
....................................山核桃屬 (屬)

source plant or animal for....

山核桃

英文....	Genus containing around 18 species of deciduous timber and nut-producing trees native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. Fossil remains identifiable as belonging to the genus are found in western North America, Greenland, Iceland, and Europe. It has tough heavy wood, and drupes (mostly with a hard woody rind or husk) enclosing 'nuts,' the kernels of which in several species are edible.

山核桃屬(屬)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 August 11, 2014
山胡桃屬............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 August 11, 2014
Carya(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Johnson, International Book of Trees (1973)
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
.................	Smithsonian Collections Search Center (2009-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
hickory(genus)............	[VP]
.................	National Museum of American Art, Media Thesaurus (1980s)
.................	Johnson, International Book of Trees (1973)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1977) 387
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	Montgomery, American furniture: Federal Period (1966) 37
nogal americano(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Brickell y Joyce, Enciclopedia de la poda (1997) 56
jockory(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Robb, Diccionario para Ingenieros (1979) 459
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Wiselius, Houtvademecum (1990)

Getty AAT: 300374949 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300374949
聯合目錄： 山核桃屬 、山胡桃屬 、shan ho t'ao shu 、shān hé táo shǔ 、shan he tao shu 、Carya 、hickory 、Carya 、nogal americano 、jockory