Fagaceae beech family

The beech or Fagaceae family is comprised of 8 genera and over 900 species, including the beeches (Fagus) and the oaks (Quercus) and chestnuts (Castanea).

They are characterized by alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual flowers as catkins and a fruit in the form of nuts.

	Genus	Species
1.	Castanea (chestnut)	crenata (Japanese) dentata (American) henryi (Henry's) mollissima (Chinese) sativa (Spanish)
2.	Castanopsis (chinquapin)	cuspidata (Japanese) fissa (黧蒴锥)
3.	Chrysolepis (chinquapin)	chrysophylla (golden)
4.	Fagus (beech)	crenata (Siebold's) engleriana (Chinese) grandifolia (American) japonica (Japanese) lucida (亮叶水青冈) orientalis (Oriental) sylvatica (European)
5.	Lithocarpus (stone-oak)	densiflorus (a) glaber (Japanese) henryi (Henry's) pachyphylla (thick-leaved) variolosus (variable-leaved)
6.	Notholithocarpus (tanoak)	densiflorus (American)
7.	Quercus (oak)	acerifolia (maple-leaved) acutissima (sawtooth) alba (white) bicolor (swamp) canariensis (Algerian) castaneifolia (chestnut-leaved) cerris (turkey) coccifera (kermes) coccinea (scarlet) dentata (Japanese emperor) garryana (Garry) ilex (holly) macranthera (Caucasian) macrocarpa (bur) mongolica (Mongolian) montana (chestnut) myrsinifolia (Chinese evergreen) nigra (water) oglethorpensis (Oglethorpe) palustris (pin) pannosa (yellow-backed) petraea (durmask) phellos (willow) pontica (Armenian) pubescens (downy) pyrenaica (Pyrenean) robur (English) rubra (red) rysophylla (loquat leaf) semecarpifolia (brown) serrata (jolcham) stellata (post) suber (cork) tarokoensis (taroko) trojana (Macedonian) vaccinifolia (huckleberry) variabilis (Chinese cork) velutina (black) x hispanica (false-cork) x turneri (Turner's)

Photos from species in Fagaceae.