Numerous species of beech, in the genus Fagus, have been named globally from the fossil record spanning from the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene.
Species
†Fagus aburatoensis †Fagus alnitifolia †Fagus altaensis †Fagus ambigua †Fagus angusta †Fagus antipofii †Fagus aperta †Fagus arduinorum †Fagus aspera †Fagus aspera (jr homonym) †Fagus atlantica †Fagus attenuata †Fagus aurelianii †Fagus australis †Fagus betulifolia †Fagus bonnevillensis †Fagus castaneifolia †Fagus celastrifolia †Fagus ceretana †Fagus chamaephegos †Fagus chankaica †Fagus chiericii †Fagus chinensis †Fagus coalita †Fagus cordifolia †Fagus cretacea †Fagus decurrens †Fagus dentata †Fagus deucalionis †Fagus dubia †Fagus dubia (jr homonym) †Fagus echinata †Fagus eocenica †Fagus etheridgei †Fagus ettingshausenii †Fagus europaea †Fagus evenensis †Fagus faujasii †Fagus feroniae †Fagus florinii †Fagus forumlivii †Fagus friedrichii †Fagus gortanii †Fagus grandifoliiformis †Fagus gussonii †Fagus haidingeri †Fagus herthae †Fagus hitchcockii †Fagus hondoensis †Fagus hookeri †Fagus horrida †Fagus humata †Fagus idahoensis †Fagus inaequalis †Fagus incerta †Fagus integrifolia †Fagus intermedia †Fagus irvajamensis †Fagus japoniciformis †Fagus japonicoides †Fagus jobanensis †Fagus jonesii †Fagus juliae †Fagus kitamiensis †Fagus koraica †Fagus kraeuselii †Fagus kuprianoviae †Fagus lancifolia (nomen nudum) †Fagus langevinii †Fagus laptoneura †Fagus latissima †Fagus leptoneuron †Fagus macrophylla †Fagus maorica †Fagus marsillii †Fagus menzelii †Fagus microcarpa †Fagus miocenica †Fagus napanensis †Fagus nelsonica †Fagus oblonga †Fagus oblonga †Fagus obscura †Fagus olejnikovii †Fagus orbiculatum †Fagus orientaliformis †Fagus orientalis var fossilis †Fagus orientalis var palibinii †Fagus pacifica †Fagus palaeococcus †Fagus palaeocrenata †Fagus palaeograndifolia †Fagus palaeojaponica †Fagus pittmanii †Fagus pliocaenica (jr homonym) †Fagus pliocenica †Fagus polycladus †Fagus praelucida †Fagus praeninnisiana †Fagus praeulmifolia †Fagus prisca †Fagus pristina †Fagus producta †Fagus protojaponica †Fagus protolongipetiolata †Fagus protonucifera †Fagus pseudoferruginea †Fagus pygmaea †Fagus pyrrhae †Fagus salnikovii †Fagus sanctieugeniensis †Fagus saxonica †Fagus schofieldii †Fagus septembris †Fagus shagiana †Fagus stuxbergii †Fagus subferruginea †Fagus succinea †Fagus sylvatica var diluviana †Fagus sylvatica var pliocenica †Fagus tenella †Fagus uemurae †Fagus uotanii †Fagus vivianii †Fagus washoensis
Species formerly in the genus
Fossil species formerly placed in the genus Fagus include:
†Alnus paucinervis †Castanea abnormalis †Fagopsis longifolia †Fagopsis undulata †Fagoxylon grandiporosum †Fagus-pollenites parvifossilis †Juglans ginannii (formerly Fagus ginannii) †Nothofagaphyllites novae-zealandiae †Nothofagus benthamii †Nothofagus dicksonii †Nothofagus lendenfeldii †Nothofagus luehmannii †Nothofagus magelhaenica †Nothofagus maidenii †Nothofagus muelleri †Nothofagus ninnisiana †Nothofagus risdoniana †Nothofagus ulmifolia †Nothofagus wilkinsonii †Trigonobalanus minima
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