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Corylus yunnanensis

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Corylus yunnanensis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Corylus
Species:
C. yunnanensis
Binomial name
Corylus yunnanensis
Synonyms

Corylus heterophylla var. yunnanensis

Corylus yunnanensis, the Yunnan hazel, is a species of hazelnut found in western China.[1] It is a small tree or shrub.[2] The flowers have triangular shaped petals. The round nuts which are encased in a very tough oval shaped shell and can be consumed by humans. The plant is not commercially grown for the nuts, rather they are sometimes used as ornamental plants. They are located in Western Guizhou, Hubei, South Western and Western Sichuan, and Western Yunnan.

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  1. ^ a b Shaw, K.; Roy , S.; Wilson, B. (2014). "Corylus yunnanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194559A2349249. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194559A2349249.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Helmstetter, Andrew J.; Buggs, Richard J. A.; Lucas, Stuart J. (2019). "Repeated long-distance dispersal and convergent evolution in hazel". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 16016. Bibcode:2019NatSR...916016H. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52403-2. PMC 6831691. PMID 31690762.
  3. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ^ A.Camus, 1929 In: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 1: 438
  5. ^ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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