Plant Details

Accepted name:: Corylus americana Walter [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american hazel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
american hazelnut	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Corylus americana var. altior Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 17: 168 (1916).
Corylus americana f. calyculata (Dippel) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 50 (1903).
Corylus americana var. calyculata (Dippel) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 48 (1904).
Corylus americana var. humilis (Willd.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 132 (1891).
Corylus americana f. humilis (Willd.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 49 (1903).
Corylus americana var. indehiscens Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 516 (1935).
Corylus americana f. missouriensis (A.DC.) Fernald Rhodora 34: 96 (1932).
Corylus americana var. missouriensis A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 132 (1864).
Corylus calyculata Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 132 (1891).
Corylus humilis Willd. Enum. Pl.: 983 (1809).
Corylus serotina G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 672 (1864).
Corylus virginiana Münchh. Hausvater 3: 830 (1768), nom. utique rej.
Rostella variegata Dochnahl Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 51 (1860), opus utique oppr.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Corylus americana	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Corylus americana Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Corylus americana Walt.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Corylus americana Walter	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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