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Southern beech

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Southern beech
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Nothofagus
Species
  Nothofagus alpina - Rauli beech
  Nothofagus antarctica - Antarctic beech
  Nothofagus betuloides - Magallanes beech
  Nothofagus cunninghamii - Myrtle beech
  Nothofagus dombeyi - Coigüe beech
  Nothofagus fusca - Red beech
  Nothofagus gunnii - Tanglefoot beech
  Nothofagus menziesii - Silver beech
  Nothofagus moorei - Negrohead Beech
  Nothofagus obliqua - Roble beech
  Nothofagus pumilio - Lenga beech
  Nothofagus solanderi - Black beech

The southern beeches are trees of the Genus Nothofagus, family Fagaceae, including about 35 species of oceanic-temperate to subtropical trees in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and Australasia (east & southeast Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and New Caledonia). The leaves are entire or sparsely toothed, evergreen or deciduous. The fruit is a small, flattened or triangular nut, borne in husks containing 2-7 nuts.

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