The
Fagales are an
order of
flowering plants, including some of the best-known
trees. The order name is derived from
genus Fagus,
beeches. They belong among the
rosid group of
dicotyledons. The families and genera currently included are as follows:
- Betulaceae - birch family (Alnus, Betula, Carpinus, Corylus, Ostrya, Ostryopsis)
- Casuarinaceae - she-oak family (Allocasuarina, Casuarina, Ceuthostoma, Gymnostoma)
- Fagaceae - beech family (Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Colombobalanus, Fagus, Formanodendron, Lithocarpus, Notholithocarpus, Quercus, Trigonobalanus)
- Juglandaceae - walnut family (Alfaroa, Carya, Cyclocarya, Engelhardia, Juglans, Oreomunnea, Platycarya, Pterocarya, Rhoiptelea)
- Myricaceae - bayberry family (Canacomyrica, Comptonia, Myrica)
- Nothofagaceae - southern beech family (Fuscospora, Lophozonia, Nothofagus, Trisyngyne)
- Ticodendraceae - ticodendron family (Ticodendron)