The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Corylus

The genus Corylus is in the family Betulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Corylus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Corylus americana Walter Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus atropurpurea A. DC. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Corylus avellana L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Corylus chinensis Franch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus colchica Albov Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus colurna L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus × colurnoides C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus cornuta Marshall Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Corylus egrissiensis Kern.-Nath. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Corylus fargesii (Franch.) C.K.Schneid. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus ferox Wall. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Corylus formosana Hayata Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus heterophylla Fisch. ex Trautv. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Corylus jacquemontii Decne. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus maxima Mill. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus potaninii Bobrov Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus sieboldiana Blume Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Corylus × spinescens Rehder Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus × vilmorinii Rehder Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus wangii Hu Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus wulingensis Q.X.Liu & C.M.Zhang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Corylus yunnanensis (Franch.) A.Camus Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 79 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Corylus. Of these 17 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 63 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Corylus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 79 species names for the genus Corylus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 17 21.5%
Synonym 57 72.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 6.3%

All names

The status of the 142 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Corylus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 22 15.5%
Synonym 115 81.0%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 5 3.5%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 79 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Corylus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 17 55 0 0 72 91.1%
Medium confidence 0 2 0 0 2 2.5%
Low confidence 0 0 0 5 5 6.3%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Corylus is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 2 0 2 0 4 5.1%
WCSP 17 55 0 3 0 75 94.9%