Genus Nothofagus Blume


Summary
Genus number:
8289
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Nothofagaceae
Common name(s):

beech
Accession count:

48 (6  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the heterotypic synonyms (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Fagaster Spach, nom. rej., Calucechinus Hombr. & Jacquinot, nom. rej., & Calusparassus Hombr. & Jacquinot, nom. rej.


Synonyms
Synonym(s) Probable synonym(s)

Subdivisions of Nothofagus Blume
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References:
  1. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales
  2. Heenan, P. B. & R. D. Smissen. 2013. Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae). Phytotaxa 146:1-31. Note: advocate elevating currently recognized subgenera to generic rank
  3. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=8289. Accessed 11 May 2026.