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|accepted_name=Fagus
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 997. 175
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|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 432. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|common_names=Beech;hêtre;haya
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Fagus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Fagus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Classical Latin name, from Greek figos, an oak with edible acorns, probably from Greek fagein, to eat
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> winter-deciduous. <b>Terminal</b> buds present, long, tapered in maturity, all scales imbricate. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules prominent on new growth, soon deciduous. <b>Leaf</b> blade thin, secondary veins unbranched, ± parallel, extending to margin, each vein ending in acute or obscure tooth. <b>Inflorescences</b> unisexual, axillary in new growth leaves; staminate inflorescence lax, loosely capitate cluster of flowers; pistillate inflorescence short, stiff, cupule 1, terminal. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: sepals connate; stamens 6-16; pistillode typically absent. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers 2 per cupule; sepals distinct; carpels and styles 3. <b>Fruits</b>: maturation in 1st year following pollination; cupule 4-valved, valves distinct, ±completely enclosing nuts until maturity, prickly, prickles stout, unbranched, short, not obscuring surface of cupule, internal valves absent; nuts 2 per cupule, sharply 3-angled, slightly winged. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=Temperate;subtropical;and montane tropical forests;North America (e United States);Mexico;Europe;Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 8-10 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=cooper1977a
|text=Cooper, A. W. and E. P. Mercer. 1977. Morphological variation in Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. in North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 93: 136-149.
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|id=hardin1985a
|text=Hardin, J. W. and G. P. Johnson. 1985. Atlas of foliar surface features in woody plants, VIII. Fagus and Castanea (Fagaceae) of eastern North America. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 112: 11-20.
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|id=rehder1907a
|text=Rehder, A. J. 1907. Some new or little known forms of New England trees. Rhodora 9: 109-116.
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name=Fagus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|distribution=Temperate;subtropical;and montane tropical forests;North America (e United States);Mexico;Europe;Asia.
|reference=cooper1977a;hardin1985a;rehder1907a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=;1754
|special status=
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|genus=Fagus
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