Pecan "fruit of the walnut". They noted the particularly thin shell and acorn-like shape of the fruit, indicating they were indeed referring to pecans. The Spaniards took the pecan into Europe, Asia, and Africa beginning in the 16th century. In 1792, William Bartram reported in his botanical book, "Travels", a nut tree, "Juglans exalata" that some botanists today argue was the American pecan tree, but others argue was hickory, "Carya ovata". Pecan trees are native to the United States, and writing about the pecan tree goes back to the nation's founders. Thomas Jefferson planted pecan trees, "C. illinoinensis" (Illinois nuts), in
Buff-sided robin binominal name translates as stag-bellied dappled tree-nymph. The generic name "Poecilodryas" (= spotted or dappled wood-nymph) refers to the spots on the wing and tail of species in this genus and its characteristic flight and perching behaviour. The specific name "cerviniventris" refers to the buff colouration of the chest, derived from "cervus" = stag or deer and "ventris" = vent or belly. The buff-sided robin is a medium to large sized robin species, with body length ranging from . Adult buff-sided robins are not sexually dimorphic and the sexes cannot be differentiated on the basis of plumage. However males are