Abstract: Chinese records of Corylus wangii Hu (Betulaceae) have only been reported fornorthwestern Yunnan Province.Specimens collected from eastern Sichuan and deposited inPEwere recently identified as C.wangii, This represents a new distribution for the species.Although C.wangii is sometimes synonymized under Corylus jacquemontii,we found it to bemorphologically and molecularly distinct.