Corylus yunnanensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Betulaceae |
| Genus: | Corylus |
| Species: | C. yunnanensis
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Corylus heterophylla var. yunnanensis | |
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Corylus yunnanensis, the Yunnan hazel, is a species of hazelnut found in western China.[1] It is a small tree or shrub. 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.
References
- ^ "Corylus yunnanensis (Yunnan Hazel)". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ 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., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ A.Camus, 1929 In: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. , II, 1: 438
- ^ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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