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Fagaceae (beech)

Synonyms: Castaneaceae; Quercaceae

Wikipedia Abstract

The family Fagaceae includes beeches and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species of both evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, which are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like (cupule) nuts. Fagaceous leaves are often lobed and both petioles and stipules are generally present. Leaf characteristics of Fagaceae can be very similar to Rosaceae and other rose motif families. Fruits lack endosperm and lie in a scaly or spiny husk that may or may not enclose the entire nut, which may consist of one to seven seeds. The best-known group of this family is the oaks, genus Quercus, the fruit of which is a non-valved nut (usually containing one seed) called an acorn. The husk of the
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Genus

Amentogerdiopollenites (1)
Amplobalanus (1)
Antiquacupula (1)
Carpinites (1)
Castanea (chestnut) (34)   (1)
Castaneophyllum (1)
Castanopsis (165)   (4)
Castanopsoidea (1)
Castanoxylon (3)
Chrysolepis (chinquapin) (2)
Dryobalanus (1)
Dryophyllum (15)
Fagophyllum (4)
Fagopsis (1)
Fagus (beech) (39)
Galla (1)
Lithocarpus (tanoak) (359)   (6)
Nephelites (1)
Nothofagoxylon (4)
Notholithocarpus (1)
Paleojulacea (1)
Parafagus (1)
Parvobalanus (1)
Pasianopsis (1)
Protofagacea (1)
Pseudofagus (1)
Quercinium (9)
Querciphyllum (1)
Quercophyllum (4)
Quercoxylon (1)
Quercus (Oak) (977)   (89)
Trigonobalanus (3)   (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0