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Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 1: 22 (1787)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Fagales
family
Fagaceae
genus
Fagus
species
Fagus grandifolia

Name

Synonyms
Fagus ferruginea Dryand.
Fagus grandifolia f. grandifolia
Fagus grandifolia subsp. heterophylla Camp
Fagus grandifolia var. grandifolia
Fagus grandifolia var. typica Rehder
Homonyms
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.
Common names
American Beech in English
American Beech in English
American beech in English
American beech in English
American beech in language.
American beech in English
Amerika kayını in Turkish
Amerikaanse beuk in Dutch
Amerikanische Buche in German
Amerikansk bøg in Danish
Ameriška bukev in Slovenian
Buk wielkolistny in Polish
Faia-americana in Portuguese
Gaawemizh in English
Grandfolia fago in Esperanto
Haya americana in Spanish
Osgë́’ë́’ in language.
Otskèn:rha in language.
Toomalàaha in language.
ameerika pöök in Estonian
amerikai bükk in Hungarian
amerikanpyökki in Finnish
amerikansk bok in Swedish
amerikansk bok in Swedish
buk velkolistý in Czech
buk veľkolistý in Slovak
hêtre américain in French
hêtre américain in French
hêtre d'Amérique in French
hêtre à grandes feuilles in French
Американський бук in Ukrainian
Бук великолистковий in Ukrainian
Бук крупнолистный in Russian
ᎫᏍᏗ in language.
ᎫᏏ in language.
アメリカブナ in Japanese
北美山毛櫸 in Chinese
American Beech in English
American beech in English
Amerikaanse beuk in Dutch
amerikansk bok in Swedish
hêtre à grandes feuilles in French
hêtre américain in French
hêtre d'Amérique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. POWO (2025) Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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