Called “beech family” in GBIF
The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with around 1,000 or more species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as evergreen trees and shrubs. They are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of cup-like (cupule) nuts. Their leaves are often lobed, and both petioles and stipules are generally present. Their fruits lack endosperm and lie in a scaly or spiny husk that may or may not enclose the entire nut, which may consist of one to seven seeds. In the oaks, genus Quercus, the fruit is a non-valved nut called an acorn. The husk of the acorn in most oaks only forms a cup in which the nut sits. Other members of the family have fully enclosed nuts.
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Fagus sylvatica
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Quercus
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Quercus robur
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Quercus agrifolia
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Quercus ilex
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Fagus
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Castanea
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Quercus pubescens
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Quercus rubra
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Quercus petraea
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Fagus grandifolia
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Quercus variabilis
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Quercus muehlenbergii
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Quercus suber
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Quercus garryana
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Quercus cerris
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Quercus alba
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Quercus phellos
1 articleAlso here, with one plant each: Castanopsis (Castanopsis fissa), Castanea (Chestnut).
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