Southern beech{| border="1" cellspacing="0" align="right" cellpadding="2"\n|-\n! align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen | Southern beech\n|-\n|\n|-\n! align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen | \n|-\n|\n{| align="center"\n|-\n| :\n| Plantae\n|-\n| :\n| Magnoliophyta\n|-\n| :\n| Magnoliopsida\n|-\n| :\n| Fagales\n|-\n| :\n| Fagaceae\n|-\n| :\n| Nothofagus\n|}\n|-\n! align="center" bgcolor="lightgreen" | Species\n|-\n|\n Nothofagus alpina - Rauli Beech\n Nothofagus antarctica - Antarctic Beech \n Nothofagus betuloides - Magallanes Beech \n Nothofagus cunninghamii - Myrtle Beech \n Nothofagus dombeyi - Coigüe Beech \n Nothofagus fusca - Red Beech \n Nothofagus gunnii - Tanglefoot Beech \n Nothofagus menziesii - Silver Beech \n Nothofagus moorei - Negrohead Beech \n Nothofagus obliqua - Roble Beech \n Nothofagus pumilio - Lenga Beech \n Nothofagus solanderi - Black Beech \n|} 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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