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Taxon: Fagus sylvatica L. subsp. orientalis (Lipsky) Greuter & Burdet

Genus: Fagus subgenus: Fagus
Family: Fagaceae subfamily: Fagoideae.
Nomen number: 402213
Place of publication: Willdenowia 11:279. 1981
Name verified on: 17-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-Mar-2003
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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Common names:

  • Oriental beech   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  • Turkish beech   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  • faia-européia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as F. orientalis]) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • faia-vermelha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005 [as F. orientalis]) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  • Materials: wood   (fide F Turk)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Iran [n.]; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Dagestan, Krasnodar
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria [s.e.]; Greece [e.]

References:

  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR) [= F. orientalis Lipsky].
  • Denk. T. 1999. The taxonomy of Fagus in western Asia, 1: Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis (= Fagus orientalis). Feddes Repert. 110:177–200.
  • Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. (L Fagales) [= F. orientalis Lipsky].
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= F. orientalis Lipsky].
  • Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Fagus sylvatica L. subsp. orientalis (Lipsky) Greuter & Burdet:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Images:

  • Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402213 (09 February 2010)

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