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Fagaceae

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Fagaceae
Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia)
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Fagaceae

Genera

Castanea – Chestnuts
Castanopsis
Chrysolepis – Golden chinkapin
Colombobalanus
Fagus – Beeches
Formanodendron
Lithocarpus – Stone oaks
Quercus – Oaks
Trigonobalanus

The family Fagaceae, also called beech family, is a family of flowering plants. It has about 900 species of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. They have alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts.

All the oaks, beeches and chestnuts are in this family.