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Fagales

Plant Orders

Fagales is an order of flowering plants in the rosid group that includes some of the best-known trees in the world: beeches, chestnuts, oaks, walnuts, pecans, hickories, birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, she-oaks and southern beeches. Under the APG III classification the order comprises seven families, Betulaceae, Casuarinaceae, Fagaceae, Juglandaceae, Myricaceae, Nothofagaceae and Ticodendraceae, and takes its name from the beech genus Fagus.

Facts
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Member Count Band
Over 1000 Species 3
Era First Appeared
Cretaceous 4
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ21881, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Fagales
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The Fagales are an order of flowering plants in the rosid group of dicotyledons, including some of the best-known trees.
  • In Group: Rosid Orders, Lead
    The Fagales are an order of flowering plants in the rosid group of dicotyledons, including some of the best-known trees.
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3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Fagales
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
Quote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 1631
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4. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Fagales
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
Quote, Taxon record, first appearance (firstapp_max_ma, early_interval)
"taxon_name": "Fagales" ... "firstapp_max_ma": 125.77 ... "early_interval": "Barremian"
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Wikidata: Fagales
Wikidata Q21881, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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