Taxon: Corylus avellana L.

Common names:

• Barcelona-nuts   (Source: Handb Nuts ) – English
  
• cobnut   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• European filbert   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• European hazel   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• filbert   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – English
  
• giant filbert   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• hazel   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• ou zhen   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• avelinier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• coudrier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• noisetier   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• noisetier franc   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. maxima]) – French
  
• noisetier tubuleux   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. maxima]) – French
  
• gewöhnliche Hasel   (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German
  
• Haselnuß   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• Haselstrauch   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• Lambertnuß   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. maxima]) – German
  
• Lambertshasel   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. maxima]) – German
  
• avellano   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• nocciolo   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• nocciuola   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Italian
  
• aveleira   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• leščina   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• orešnik obyknovennaja   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• avellano   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  
• avellano de Lambert   (Source: Dict Rehm [as C. maxima]) – Spanish
  
• filberthassel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• hassel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Human food: nut   (fide Edible Nuts)
  
• Human food: oil/fat   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Fuels: fuelwood   (fide Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Gene sources: primary genetic relative of European filbert   (fide J Amer Soc Hort Sci 125:489-497. 2000)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of Turkish filbert   (based on low fertile hybrids with Corylus avellana fide J Amer Soc Hort Sci 125:493. 2000)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (for painting, perfumes fide Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Materials: lipids   (for painting, perfumes fide Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Dict Econ Pl)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

More:

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Iraq; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - Bashkortostan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Chuvashia, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Karelia [s.], Kirov [s.], Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Mari-El, Mordvinia, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Orel, Penza, Perm, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tatarstan, Tula, Tver, Udmurtia, Vladimir, Voronezh, Yaroslavl; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France - Corsica; Portugal; Spain

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
  China: China
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
• EUROPE
  Southeastern Europe: Italy
  Southwestern Europe: France; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States
• probably also cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erdogan, V. & S. A. Mehlenbacher. 2000. Interspecific hybridization in hazelnut (Corylus). J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 125:489–497.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Kasapligil, B. 1972. A bibliography on Corylus (Betulaceae) with annotations. Rep. (Annual) N. Nut Grower's Assoc. 63:155.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Mehlenbacher, S. A. 1991. Hazelnuts (Corylus). Acta Hort. 290:791–836.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Molnar, T. J. 2011. Chapter 2. Corylus. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, forest trees. 15–48. [this review included a list of traits as a guide for setting breeding objectives involving Corylus avellana, and a summary of favorable characteristics and ability for crossing].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Corylus avellana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Corylus avellana.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Corylus avellana.

Synonyms:

• (=) Corylus avellana f. aurea (G. Kirchn.) C. K. Schneid.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Corylus avellana var. aurea G. Kirchn.
  
• (=) Corylus avellana f. contorta (Bean) Rehder
  
• (=) Corylus avellana var. contorta Bean
  
• (=) Corylus avellana f. fuscorubra Dippel
  
• (=) "Corylus avellana var. fusco-rubra ined."
  
• (=) Corylus avellana f. heterophylla (Lodd. ex Loudon) Rehder
  
• (=) Corylus avellana var. heterophylla (Lodd. ex Loudon) Loudon
  
• (=) Corylus avellana f. pendula (H. Jaeger) Dippel
  
• (=) Corylus avellana var. pendula H. Jaeger
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Corylus colchica Albov
  
• (=) Corylus imeretica Kem.-Nath.
  
• (=) Corylus maxima Mill.
  (previously associated with 25 accessions)
• (=) Corylus pontica K. Koch
  
• (=) Corylus tubulosa Willd.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Corylus avellana L.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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