Fagus sylvatica

Fagus sylvatica
Alpine forest (Italy)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Fagus
Species:
F. sylvatica
Binomial name
Fagus sylvatica
Distribution map
  Fagus sylvatica

  Fagus orientalis (syn. F. sylvatica subsp. orientalis)

Synonyms[2]
  • Castanea fagus Scop.
  • Fagus aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) Raf.
  • Fagus comptoniifolia Desf.
  • Fagus cuprea Hurter ex A.DC.
  • Fagus echinata Gilib.
  • Fagus incisa Dippel
  • Fagus laciniata A.DC.
  • Fagus purpurea (Aiton) Dum.Cours.
  • Fagus purpurea var. roseomarginata Cripps
  • Fagus purpurea tricolor (Simon-Louis ex K.Koch) Pynaert
  • Fagus sylvatica var. aenea Dum.Cours.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. albovariegata Weston
  • Fagus sylvatica f. albovariegata (Weston) Domin
  • Fagus sylvatica var. aspleniifolia Dum.Cours.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. atropunicea Weston
  • Fagus sylvatica f. atropunicea (Weston) Domin
  • Fagus sylvatica f. aureovariegata C.K.Schneid.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. bornyensis Simon-Louis ex Beissn.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. cochleata Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica var. colorata A.DC.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. coriacea Wallr.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. cristata Dum.Cours.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. cristata (Dum.Cours.) Schelle
  • Fagus sylvatica f. fastigiata Simon-Louis ex K.Koch
  • Fagus sylvatica var. foliis-striatis Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica var. grandidentata Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla Loudon
  • Fagus sylvatica var. laciniata Vignet
  • Fagus sylvatica f. laciniata (Vignet) Domin
  • Fagus sylvatica var. latifolia Loudon
  • Fagus sylvatica f. luteovariegata (Weston) Domin
  • Fagus sylvatica var. luteovariegata Weston
  • Fagus sylvatica var. miltonensis A.Henry
  • Fagus sylvatica pendula (Dum.Cours.) Lodd.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. pendula Dum.Cours.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. pendula (Dum.Cours.) Schelle
  • Fagus sylvatica pendula-purpurea Graebener
  • Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Aiton in Hortus Kew. 3: 362 (1789)
  • Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea (Aiton) Schelle
  • Fagus sylvatica purpurea-latifolia Jacob-Makoy
  • Fagus sylvatica purpurea-pendula Van Geert
  • Fagus sylvatica var. purpureopendula H.Jaeger
  • Fagus sylvatica f. purpureopendula (H.Jaeger) Rehder
  • Fagus sylvatica var. pyramidalis Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica f. quercifolia C.K.Schneid.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. quercifolia (C.K.Schneid.) Geerinck
  • Fagus sylvatica var. quercoides Pers.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. quercoides (Pers.) Aug.DC.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. remillyensis (Simon-Louis) A.Henry
  • Fagus sylvatica remillyensis Simon-Louis
  • Fagus sylvatica f. retroflexa Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica rohanii Körb.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. rohanii (Körb.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Fagus sylvatica f. roseomarginata (Cripps) Domin
  • Fagus sylvatica f. roseomarginatis Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica rotundifolia Jackman
  • Fagus sylvatica f. rotundifolia (Jackman) Rehder
  • Fagus sylvatica f. salicifolia Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica var. sanguinea Amo
  • Fagus sylvatica subsp. Sanguinea (Amo) Arcang.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. suentelensis Schelle
  • Fagus sylvatica var. suntalensis Beissn.
  • Fagus sylvatica var. tortuosa Pépin
  • Fagus sylvatica proles tortuosa (Pépin) Rouy
  • Fagus sylvatica f. tortuosa (Pépin) Hegi
  • Fagus sylvatica f. tricolor Simon-Louis ex K.Koch
  • Fagus sylvatica var. variegata Dippel
  • Fagus sylvatica var. vulgaris Aiton
  • Fagus sylvatica var. zlatia Späth ex E.Goeze
  • Fagus sylvatica f. zlatia (Späth ex E.Goeze) Schelle
  • Fagus sylvestris Gaertn.
  • Fagus tortuosa (Dippel) F.Boden

Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a large, graceful deciduous tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-gray bark, large leaf area, and a short trunk with low branches.[3]

  1. ^ Barstow, M.; Beech, E. (2018). "Fagus sylvatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T62004722A62004725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62004722A62004725.en. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Fagus sylvatica L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. ^ "European beech". The Morton Arboretum. Retrieved 20 October 2023.