Fagaceae
Fagus

Fagus orientalis Lipsky

First published in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 14: 300 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Bulgaria to N. & CS. Türkiye. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bulgaria, Greece, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe

Introduced into:

Sweden

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Denk, T. & al. (2024). A subgeneric classification of Fagus (Fagaceae) and revised taxonomy of the western Eurasian beeches. Willdenowia 54: 151-181.
  • Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tuler, T. (2023). Biologiska Museet listar nya arter för Sverige 2022. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift Utgifven af Svenska Botaniska Foreningen 117: 234-243.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens. [Cited as Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Denk, T. & al. (2024). A subgeneric classification of Fagus (Fagaceae) and revised taxonomy of the western Eurasian beeches. Willdenowia 54: 151-181.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Tuler, T. (2023). Biologiska Museet listar nya arter för Sverige 2022. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift Utgifven af Svenska Botaniska Foreningen 117: 234-243.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Kew's Living Collection Database

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images