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Fagus -
by Steven D. Glenn
Not peer reviewed
Last modified: 09/07/2006
Nomenclature
Fagus L., Sp. Pl. 997. 1753, sp. nonnull. exclud.
Fagus sect. Eufagus A.DC., Prodr. 16,2: 118. 1864, p. p. typ.
LECTOTYPE: F. sylvatica L. (see Britton & A.Br., Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 1: 614. 1913).
Key to the species of Fagus
1. Leaves serrate, with 9-14 pairs of veins...Fagus grandifolia
1. Leaves crenate, with 5-9 pairs of veins...Fagus sylvatica