World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Corylus avellana var. purpurea Loudon, Encycl. Trees Shrubs: 922 (1842).

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Corylus maxima Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.� 2 (1768).
Family:	Betulaceae
Corylus tubulosa var. purpurea (Loudon) Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., s�r. 2, 16: 107 (1841). Corylus atropurpurea Booth, Nursery Cat. (Flottbecker Baumschulen Hamburg) 1845: 45 (1845). Lopima atropurpurea (Booth) Dochnahl, Sichere Fuhr. Obstkund.: 49 (1860), opus utique oppr. Corylus tubulosa var. atropurpurea (Booth) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 132 (1864), nom. superfl. Corylus maxima f. atropurpurea (Booth) Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 130 (1891), nom. superfl. Corylus tubulosa purpurea (Loudon) Audib. ex Mouill., Trait� Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 1142 (1898). Corylus maxima f. purpurea (Loudon) C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 149 (1904). Corylus maxima var. purpurea (Loudon) Rehder, Man. Cult. Trees: 154 (1927).
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts