Flora of the Southeastern US

Fagaceae Dumortier. Beech Family.

A family of about 8 genera and 620-1050 species, trees and shrubs, mostly of the Northern Hemisphere, but extending into se. Asia and Australia.

Ref: Elias (1971a); Govaerts & Frodin (1998); Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Nixon (1997a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Show full citations.

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