Corylus

Corylus avellana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Betulaceae
Subfamilia: Coryloideae
Genus: Corylus
Species: C. americana – C. avellana – C. chinensis – C. colchica – C. colurna – C. cornuta – C. fargesii – C. ferox – C. heterophylla – C. jacquemontii – C. maxima – C. potaninii – C. sieboldiana – C. wangii – C. wulingensis – C. yunnanensis
Paleospecies: †C. johnsonii
Nothospecies: C. × colurnoides – C. × vilmorinii

Name

Corylus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 998 (1753), Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 433 (1754).

• Lectotype species: Corylus avellana L., Sp. Pl. 2: 998. 1753 (designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 1: 607. 7 Jun 1913, approved by M.L. Green, Prop. Brit. Bot. 189. Aug 1929).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Avellana Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 33 (1860), opus utiq. oppr.
• Heterotypic
  • Calycera Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 53 (1860), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Clyperia Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 38 (1860), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Lopima Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 47 (1860), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Rostella Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 51 (1860), opus utiq. oppr.
  • Trihilea Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 52 (1860), opus utiq. oppr.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Europe Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Southwestern Europe Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, kri Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Asia-Temperate Siberia Chita. Russian Far East Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye. Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Iran, Turkey. China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, China Southeast, Tibet. Mongolia Mongolia. Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, West Himalaya. Indo-China Myanmar. Northern America Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isle, Québec. Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Islands, Vermont, West Virginia. Southwestern U.S.A. California. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 998. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 433. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Li, P.C. & Skvortsov, A.K. 1999. Corylus. Pp. 286–289 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page. 
• Holstein, N., El Tamer, S. & Weigend, M. 2018. The nutty world of hazel names – a critical taxonomic checklist of the genus Corylus (Betulaceae). European Journal of Taxonomy 409: 1–45. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.409 Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 1: 607. Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Pigg, K.B., Manchester, S.R. & Wehr, W.C. 2003. Corylus, Carpinus, and Palaeocarpinus (Betulaceae) from the Middle Eocene Klondike Mountain and Allenby Formations of Northwestern North America. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164(5): 807–822. DOI: 10.1086/376816 Reference page. 

Links

• Tropicos.org 2019. Corylus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Jan 2019.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Corylus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2019 Jan 29.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Corylus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Corylus. Published online. Accessed: January 13 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Corylus. Accessed: 13 January 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Corylus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 13. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Ляшчына
català: Avellaner
Cymraeg: Cneuen gyll
dansk: Hassel
Deutsch: Hasel
English: Hazel
eesti: Sarapuu
suomi: Pähkinäpensaat
magyar: Mogyoró
日本語: ハシバミ属
македонски: Леска
Nederlands: Hazelaar
norsk nynorsk: Hassel
norsk: Hassel
polski: Leszczyna
русский: Лещина
svenska: Hassel
Türkçe: Fındık
українська: Ліщина

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