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Nothofagus cunninghamii, Eastern Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fagales
Family:
Nothofagaceae Kuprian.[1]
Genus:
Nothofagus Blume
The range of Nothofagus.
Synonyms[2]
Calucechinus Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville
Calusparassus Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville
Cliffortioides Dryand. ex Hook.
Fagaster Spach
Fuscospora (R.S.Hill & J.Read) Heenan & Smissen
Lophozonia Turcz.
Myrtilloides Banks & Sol. ex Hook.
Trisyngyne Baill.
Shoots, leaves, and cupules of N. obliquaSouthern beech trees in New ZealandThe Nothofagus plant genus illustrates the distribution on fragments of the old supercontinent Gondwana: Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Argentina, and Chile. Fossils show that the genus originated on Gondwana.
Nothofagus, also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species[3] of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, and New Caledonia. The species are ecological dominants in many temperate forests in these regions.[4] Some species are reportedly naturalised in Germany and Great Britain.[5] The genus has a rich fossil record of leaves, cupules, and pollen, with fossils extending into the late Cretaceous period and occurring in Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica, and South America.[6]
^Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
^"Nothofagus". Plants of the World Online - Kew Science. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
^Veblen, Thomas; Hill, Robert; Read, Jennifer (1996). Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06423-0.
^Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^Hill, Robert (2001). "Biogeography, evolution and palaeoecology of Nothofagus (Nothofagaceae): The contribution of the fossil record". Australian Journal of Botany. 49 (3): 321. doi:10.1071/BT00026.
very short viability. Nothofagus gunnii is easily visually separated from the other Tasmanian species from the same genus, Nothofagus cunninghamii, by the...
Universidad de Concepción, Concepción. "Nothofagus pumilio". Chileflora. Retrieved 2009-06-27. "Nothofagus pumilio". Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena...
two accepted varieties: Nothofagus crenata var. crenata Nothofagus crenata var. sapeii Steenis Baldwin, H. (2018). "Nothofagus crenata". IUCN Red List...
species from Tierra del Fuego, Drimys winteri, Nothofagus antarctica, Nothofagus pumilio, and Nothofagus betuloides, have been successfully introduced...
mountain beech (Nothofagus cliffortioides) to form the hybrid species Nothofagus ×blairii. Red beech hybridises with black beech (Nothofagus solandri) to...
grow. Nothofagus alpina hybridises with Nothofagus obliqua to form the hybrid species Nothofagus × dodecaphleps. Barstow, M. (2017). "Nothofagus alpina"...
trees named coihue are the Coihue de Magallanes (Nothofagus betuloides), and the Coihue de Chiloé (Nothofagus nitida). The Latin specific epithet dombeyi honours...
world; and three kinds of southern beech: Nothofagus antarctica; Nothofagus pumilio; and the evergreen Nothofagus betuloides. Several kinds of fruit grow...
reclassified in 2000 as a distinct species, Nothofagus rutila. It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of Nothofagus obliqua. In 2013 Heenan and Smissen proposed...
macrocarpa. Nothofagus obliqua hybridises with Nothofagus alpina to form the hybrid species Nothofagus × dodecaphleps., and with Nothofagus glauca to create...
with hard beech (Nothofagus truncata) to form the hybrid species Nothofagus × apiculata. Black beech hybridises with red beech (Nothofagus fusca) to form...
Nothofagus aequilateralis is a species of tree in the family Nothofagaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It grows in the southern end of the island...
red beech (Nothofagus fusca) to form the hybrid species Nothofagus × blairii. Baldwin, H.; Barstow, M.; Rivers, M.C. (2018). "Nothofagus cliffortioides"...
to the mountains. Nothofagus menziesii was proposed to be renamed Lophozonia menziesii in 2013. Alongside mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides)...
Ruil hybridises with the red beech tree (Nothofagus fusca) from New Zealand to form the hybrid species Nothofagus × eugenananus. C. Michael Hogan & World...
November. Nothofagus brassii is found in the highlands of New Guinea. It grows in montane forest, seldom below 1000 meters elevation. Nothofagus forest is...
other, more widespread, species of Nothofagus, including Nothofagus carrii and Nothofagus flaviramea. Nothofagus forests in the area are exploited for...
Nothofagus carrii grows in lowland and montane forests from below 900 meters elevation up to 2,200 meters elevation. Baldwin, H. (2018). "Nothofagus carrii"...
Hard beech: Nothofagus truncata Farm Forestry Timbers Media related to Nothofagus truncata at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Nothofagus truncata at...
trees. Nothofagus rutila Ravenna. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 19 April 2023. Ravenna, Pierfelice (2002) Nothofagus macrocarpa y Nothofagus rutila...
Nothofagus pseudoresinosa is a species of tree in the family Nothofagaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It grows in montane rain forests from 2...
Nothofagus perryi is a species of tree in the family Nothofagaceae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It grows in montane rain forests from 1,500 to 2...
forests. Nothofagus resinosa has a similar distribution to N. starkenborghiorum, and the two species are often found in association. Nothofagus forest is...
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