Fagales
Sign in to saveThe Fagales are an order of flowering plants in the rosid group of dicotyledons, including some of the best-known trees. Well-known members of Fagales include: beeches, chestnuts, oaks, walnut, pecan, hickory, birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, she-oaks, and southern beeches. The order name is derived from genus Fagus (beeches).
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Fagales is an order of flowering plants that includes many of the world's most recognizable and economically important trees, such as oaks, beeches, chestnuts, walnuts, birches, and hickories. These trees matter because they provide valuable resources like food, wood, and habitat for countless other species across many regions of the world.
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The Fagales are an order of flowering plants in the rosid group of dicotyledons, including some of the best-known trees. Well-known members of Fagales include: beeches, chestnuts, oaks, walnut, pecan, hickory, birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, she-oaks, and southern beeches. The order name is derived from genus Fagus (beeches).
==Systematics== Fagales include the following seven families, according to the APG III system of classification: Betulaceae – birch family (Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Corylus, Ostrya, and Ostryopsis) Casuarinaceae – she-oak family (Allocasuarina, Casuarina, Ceuthostoma, and Gymnostoma) Fagaceae – beech family (Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Notholithocarpus, Quercus, and Trigonobalanus) Juglandaceae – walnut family (Alfaroa, Carya, Cyclocarya, Engelhardia, Juglans, Oreomunnea, Platycarya, Pterocarya, and Rhoiptelea) Myricaceae – bayberry family (Canacomyrica, Comptonia, and Myrica) Nothofagaceae – southern beech family (Nothofagus) Ticodendraceae – ticodendron family (Ticodendron)