Corylus L.
(hazels)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Corylus avellana Hazel					Species		66 images	1 ident. refs
Corylus maxima Filbert					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Corylus (hazels)
Family	BETULACEAE (birches, hazels, hornbeams and alders)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Corylus is also a member of:
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Betulaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Fagales)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Broadleaved trees)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Corylus (hazels) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Corylus (hazels)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 574 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Corylus (hazels)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Corylus is also a member of:

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