Beech-like

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Beech-like
Birch trees (Betula) in autumn

Birch trees ( Betula ) in autumn

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Eudicotyledons
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Rosids
Eurosiden I
Order : Beech-like
Scientific name
Fagales
Engl.

The beech-like (Fagales) are an order of the flowering plants (Magnoliopsida).

description

With a few exceptions, the beech-like contain woody plants such as trees and bushes . Ecto mycorrhizal -Symbiosen are almost always present. The roots usually have a symbiosis with the nitrogen-fixing (N-fixing) Frankia . The simple leaves have a serrated leaf margin. Stipules are often present.

The plants are usually single sexed ( monoecious ), rarely diocesan . The flowers are in spike-like or mostly cat-shaped inflorescences . The pollination is carried by the wind, are nevertheless bloom present. The mostly dry fruits are often nuts or winged nuts.

Systematics

The book-like are within the euro Siden I the sister group of Cucurbitales . They include the following families :

The result is the following cladogram :

 Fagales 

Nothofagaceae


   

Fagaceae


   


Myricaceae


   

Juglandaceae


   

Rhoipteleaceae




   

Casuarinaceae


   

Betulaceae


   

Ticodendraceae







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Individual evidence

  1. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group : An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 161, No. 2, 2009, pp. 105-121, DOI: 10.1111 / j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x .

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