Beech family | |
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Holm aik (Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Faimily: | Fagaceae Dumort.[1] |
Genera | |
Castanea - chestanes | |
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The range of= Fagaceae. |
The faimily Fagaceae, or beech faimily, comprises aboot 600 species o baith evergreen an deciduous trees an scrogs, that is characterised bi alternate simple leafs wi pinnate venation, unisexual flouers in the form o catkins, an fruit in the form o tass-lik (cupule) nits.