Family · Rosids

Nothofagaceae

Southern beeches

Southern beech family: Southern Hemisphere trees dominating temperate forests of Chile, New Zealand and Australia.

Accepted species

42accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈20 MaNeogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Nothofagus

Its genus

• Nothofagus42 spp.

Where it grows

• Asia-Tropical14
• Southern America12
• Australasia11
• Pacific5

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

Related families

Nothofagaceae sits in the order Fagales.

• FagaceaeOaks, beeches, chestnuts1,192
• BetulaceaeBirches, alder, hazel212
• CasuarinaceaeShe-oaks91
• JuglandaceaeWalnuts, hickory, pecan85
• MyricaceaeBayberry, sweetgale52
• Ticodendraceae1