| Common Names - Beech Family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Dumort. | Total Number of genera - 10 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 1000 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub | |
| World Distribution - World Wide excluding tropical and S. Africa | |
| Comments - Major commercial woods come from this family. Many species of oak, chestnut, and beech are commonly used as timber for floors, furniture, cabinets, and wine barrels. | |
| 1 - Castanea. 2 - Castanopsis. 3 - Chrysolepis. 4 - Cyclobalanopsis. 5 - Fagara. 6 - Fagus. 7 - Lithocarpus. 8 - Nothofagus. 9 - Pasania. 10 - Quercus. 11 - Shiia. 12 - Trigonobalanus. |