What is Fagaceae?
{{Taxobox | name = Fagaceae | image = Quercus ilex rotundifolia.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Holm oak (''[[Quercus]] ilex'' subsp. ''rotundifolia'') | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Fagales]] | familia = '''Fagaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Barthélemy Charles Joseph du Mortier|Dumortier]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = ''[[chestnut|Castanea]]'' – Chestnuts<br /> ''[[Castanopsis]]'' <br /> ''[[Chrysolepis]]'' – Golden chinkapin<br /> ''[[Colombobalanus]]'' <br /> ''[[beech|Fagus]]'' – Beeches<br /> ''[[Formanodendron]]'' <br /> ''[[Lithocarpus]]'' – Stone oaks<br /> ''[[oak|Quercus]]'' – Oaks<br /> ''[[Trigonobalanus]]'' }} The family '''Fagaceae''', also called '''beech family''', is a family of [[Flowering plant|flowering plants]]. It has about 900 species of [[evergreen]] and [[deciduous]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s. They have alternate simple leaves with pinnate venation, unisexual [[flower]]s in the form of catkins, and fruit in the form of nuts. All the [[Oak|oaks]], [[beech]]es and [[chestnut]]s are in this family. {{-}} {{wikispecies|Fagaceae}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Fagales]] [[Category:Plant families]]