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Taxon

Corylus avellana L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 998. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 004.jpg

Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 002.jpg

Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 005.jpg

Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 003.jpg

Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 001.jpg

Corylus avellana--Slovenia. Ljubljana. University Botanical Garden. 7 Jul 08. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Corylus avellana cv. contorta--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 123.jpg

Corylus avellana cv. contorta--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 123.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Corylus avellana cv. contorta--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 122.jpg

Corylus avellana cv. contorta--France. Paris. Jardin des Plantes. 30 May 03. 122.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 40 botanical countries across Europe and Temperate Asia; introduced into Azores, British Columbia, Illinois, Kriti, New York, Newfoundland, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

May 30, 2003

Location

France, Île-de-France (Paris, 5th arrondissement)

48.84458, 2.36086

Location Remarks

Place Valhubert, along Quai St-Bernard, 5th arrondissement

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

No collection number

July 7, 2008

Location

Slovenia (University Botanical Garden)

Location Remarks

Ljubljana

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Betulaceae

Genus

Corylus

Specific Epithet

avellana

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.0

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#93,396 of 335,497

Top 28%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →