Southern beech
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| Nothofagus obliqua shoot with leaves and cupules | ||||||||||||
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Nothofagus alpina – Rauli Beech |
The southern beeches are trees of the genus Nothofagus, family Fagaceae (but treated by some botanists in a of family their own, the Nothofagaceae), including about 35 species of temperate oceanic to subtropical trees in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and Australasia (east & southeast Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Guinea and New Caledonia). The leaves are toothed or entire, evergreen or deciduous. The fruit is a small, flattened or triangular nut, borne in cupules containing 2–7 nuts.
Categories: Plant stubs | Australian plants | New Zealand plants | Fagaceae