Taxon:  Corylus avellana L.



Summary
Genus:
Corylus
Section:
Corylus
Subsection:
Corylus
Family:
Betulaceae
Subfamily:
Coryloideae
Nomen number:
11643
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:998.  1753
Verified:
08/10/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
14 (14  active, 0  available) in Nordic Baltic Genebanks.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Reference(s)
  1. 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).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Bassil, N. et al. 2013. Nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite markers to assess genetic diversity and evolution of hazelnut species, hybrids and cultivars. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 60:543-568.
  4. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  5. Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
  6. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  8. Erdogan, V. & S. A. Mehlenbacher. 2000. Interspecific hybridization in hazelnut (Corylus). J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 125:489-497.
  9. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
  10. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
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  12. Falistocco, E. & G. Marconi. 2013. Cytogenetic characterization by in situ hybridization techniques and molecular analysis of 5S rRNA genes of the European hazelnut (Corylus avellana). Genome 56:155-159. Note: 2n=22
  13. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  14. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
  15. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  16. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  17. International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
  18. Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
  19. Kasapligil, B. 1972. A bibliography on Corylus (Betulaceae) with annotations. Rep. (Annual) N. Nut Grower's Assoc. 63:155.
  20. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  21. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  22. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  23. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  24. Mehlenbacher, S. A. 1991. Hazelnuts (Corylus). Acta Hort. 290:791-836.
  25. Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States
  26. Molnar, T. J. 2011. Chapter 2. Corylus. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, forest trees 15-48. Note: 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
  27. Palmé, A. E. & G. G. Vendramin. 2002. Chloroplast DNA variation, postglacial recolonization and hybridization in hazel, Corylus avellana. Molec. Ecol. 11:1769-1779. Note: this study recognized Corylus maxima as a distinct species, apart from C. avellana, but sharing the same haplotype (B), and suggesting a hybridization event under cultivation
  28. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  29. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  30. Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  31. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  32. Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
  33. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
  34. Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
  35. Whitcher, I. N. & J. Wen. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of Corylus (Betulaceae): Inferences from ITS sequences. Syst. Bot. 26:283-298. Note: this study recognized Corylus maxima as a distinct species
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Barcelona-nuts 1 Duke, J. A. 1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
English cobnut 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English European filbert 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English European hazel 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English filbert 1 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English giant filbert 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English hazel 1 Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
French avelinier 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French coudrier 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French noisetier 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French noisetier franc as C. maxima 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French noisetier tubuleux as C. maxima 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German gewöhnliche Hasel 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage
German Haselnuß 2 Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German Haselstrauch 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Lambertnuß as C. maxima 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Lambertshasel as C. maxima 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian avellano 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian nocciolo 2 International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Italian nocciuola 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese aveleira 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish avellano 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish avellano de Lambert as C. maxima 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish filberthassel 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Swedish hassel 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese ou zhen 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transliterated Russian leščina 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Transliterated Russian orešnik obyknovennaja 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationBashkortostan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationBelgorod 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationBryansk 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationChuvashia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationIvanovo 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKaliningrad 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKaluga 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKarelias.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKirovs.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKursk 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationLeningrad 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationLipetsk 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMari-El 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMordvinia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationMoscow 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationNizhniy Novgorod 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationNovgorod 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationOrel 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationPenza 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationPerm 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationRyazan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSamara 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSmolensk 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTambov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTatarstan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTula 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTver 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationUdmurtia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVladimir 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVoronezh 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationYaroslavl 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFranceCorse 
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    probably also cult. elsewhere
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
2CultivatedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
2CultivatedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Russian Federation [Bashkortostan, Chuvashia, Karelia (s.), Mari-El, Mordvinia, Tatarstan, Udmurtia, Belgorod, Bryansk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kirov (s.), Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Orel, Penza, Perm, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula, Tver, Vladimir, Voronezh, Yaroslavl], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France [Corse], Portugal
Cultivated

  • REGION:
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Northern America
  • REGION: United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Fuelsfuelwood Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Human foodnut Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
Human foodoil/fat Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Materialsessential oilsfor perfumesUphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materialslipidsfor paintingUphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materialswood Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=11643. Accessed 4 November 2025.