Family · Rosids

Fagaceae

Oaks, beeches, chestnuts

Beech family: temperate trees bearing nuts in cups or burs, including oaks, beeches and chestnuts; key forest and timber trees.

Accepted species: 1,192accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 8accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈40 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Quercus (oak)
Fagus (beech)
Castanea (chestnut)

Genera

Quercus668 spp.
Lithocarpus346 spp.
Castanopsis145 spp.
Fagus17 spp.
Castanea10 spp.
Trigonobalanus3 spp.
Chrysolepis2 spp.
Notholithocarpus1 spp.

Where it grows

Asia-Tropical481
Asia-Temperate401
Northern America349
Europe99
Southern America40
Africa19

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Fagaceae sits in the order Fagales.