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Fagus (beech)

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Fagus Linnaeus
1899Fagus Knowlton
1919Fagus Knowlton
1959Fagus Brown p. 128
1996Fagus Liu et al.
2000Fagus Mabberley

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Fabid
orderFagales
familyFagaceae
genusFagus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Fagus Linnaeus 1753 [beech]
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Fagus americana Sweet 1826
Fagus antipofii Abich 1858
Fagus cretacea Newberry 1868
Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882
Fagus dicksoni Dusen 1899
Fagus engleriana Seemen 1900
Fagus feroniae Unger 1845
Fagus hitchcockii Lesquereux 1861
Fagus integrifolia Dusen 1899
Fagus lambertensis Berry 1916
Fagus longifolia Lesquereux 1872
Fagus macrophylla Unger 1854
Fagus orbiculata Lesquereux 1891
Fagus papyracea Knowlton 1918
Fagus polycladus Lesquereux 1868
Fagus protonucifera Dawson 1882
Fagus pseudoferruginea Lesquereux 1878
Fagus sieboldii Endlicher 1864
Fagus subferruginea Dusen 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 99.6 Ma

Collections (130 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Kansas) Fagus sp. (34726)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) Fagus stuxbergii, Fagus palaeojaponica (22819)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Gunma) Fagus stuxbergii (22768)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Canada (British Columbia) Fagus sp. (227994) Planera longifolia (121046)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9China (Guizhou) Fagus sp. (223895)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Fagus langevinii (179231)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Argentina (Chubut) Fagus subferruginea (136410)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Jilin) Fagus sp. (179213)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Fagus antipofii (24087) Planera longifolia (24147 24155)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Fagus chinensis, Fagus sp. (223815)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Fagus longifolia (106380)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Fagus pacifica (35220 35221 35237 35269) Fagus sp. (193700)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Fagus subferruginea (141997) Fagus subferruginea, Fagus dicksoni, Fagus integrifolia (141996)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa cruz) Fagus subferruginea (141995)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Fagus sp. (32282)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) Fagus minima (27665)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro Territory) Fagus subferrunginea (31540)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Fagus pacifica (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Chubut) Fagus subferruginea (141183)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Sachsen) Fagus deucalionis (24179 24183 24184 24185 24533 24534 26508 26509)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) Fagus sp. (23663 23673) Fagus sp.1 (23888)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Fagus deucalionis (26513)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) Fagus sp.2 (23908)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Jilin) Fagus stuxbergi (223816)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) Fagus chinensis (223826)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Fagus sp. (231834)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Fagus sp. (223850)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Aichi) Fagus japonica, Fagus sp. (22820)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Massachusetts) Fagus sp. (231784 231824 231825)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Hebei) Fagus sieboldii (223818)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Fagus palaeojaponica, Fagus stuxbergii, Fagus sp. (22796)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Gunma) Fagus stuxbergii (22786)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (sachsen) Fagus decurrens (27519)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Fagus ferruginea, Fagus decurrens (28442) Fagus sp., Fagus ferruginea (28443)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Fagus grandifolliiformis, Fagus tenella, Fagus japoniciformis (45451)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Brandenburg) Fagus menzelii (23303)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Fagus sp. (126605)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) Fagus deucalionis (27381) Fagus sp. (27376)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) Fagus decurrens, Fagus deucalionis (22897) Fagus deucalionis (22898)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) Fagus decurrens, Fagus deucalionis (22899 23056 23666) Fagus deucalionis (23042 23046 23055 23058 23059 23348 23355 23609 23616 23618 23652 23677 27013 27066 27523 27524 27528) Fagus menzelii (23045) Fagus menzelii, Fagus deucalionis (27379 27512) Fagus silesiaca (27514) Fagus sp. (23661 27377)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Fagus stuxbergi (46258)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Virginia) Fagus sp. (152251)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) Fagus sp. (184470)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) Fagus decurrens (28046 28051 28053 28055 28113 28114 28115 28117 28131)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) Fagus decurrens (27918 27921 27927)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Fagus palaeojaponica, Fagus stuxbergii, Fagus sp. (21265) Fagus stuxbergii (21239 21264) Fagus stuxbergii, Fagus sp. (21224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) Fagus stuxbergii, Fagus palaeojaponica (22755)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Hokkaido) Fagus sp. (65238)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Fagus decurrens, Fagus ferruginea (21222)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Fagus grandifolia (18320)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Fagus pliocaenica (40758)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) Fagus decurrens (27277)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Aichi) Fagus sp. (168063)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Japan (Iwate) Fagus crenata, Fagus sp. (56300)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Fagus decurrens (28134)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Fagus sp. (232124 232125)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) Fagus decurrens (28197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) Fagus sp. (22783)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Fagus attenuata, Fagus decurrens (22778) Fagus sp. (22780)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Fagus crenata, Fagus japonica, Fagus stuxbergi (224546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Fagus sp. (50524)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) Fagus crenata, Fagus microcarpa, Fagus sp. (168082) Fagus sp. (168071)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guizhou) Fagus engleriana (223872)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Alpes Maritimes) Fagus sp. (50522)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kyoto) Fagus japonica, Fagus microcarpa (224408)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France Fagus microphylla (42673)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Kyoto city) Fagus sp. (168083)