Family Code: FAGACE Genus Code: FAGUS Genus CN: beech Genus Authority: L. Genus Summary: A genus of about 10 species, trees, of temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Our native trees belong to subgenus Fagus, section Grandifolia (Shen 1992). Genus References: Cooper & Mercer (1977)=Z; Nixon in FNA (1997); Shen (1992)=X; Kubitzki in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Elias (1971a)=Y; Stanford (1998); Govaerts & Frodin (1998)=V. Last Updated: 2019-11-29 Publish: 1