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Fagus sylvatica L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sp. Pl.: 998 (1753)

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Castanea fagus Scop.
Fagus aenea Dum.Cours.
Fagus aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) Raf.
Fagus aspleniifolia Dum.Cours.
Fagus cochleata (Dippel) Domin
Fagus comptoniifolia Desf.
Fagus crispa Dippel
Fagus cristata Dum.Cours.
Fagus cucullata Dippel
Fagus cuprea Hurter
Fagus cuprea Hurter ex A.DC.
Fagus echinata Gilib.
Fagus incisa Dippel
Fagus laciniata A.DC.
Fagus pendula (Lodd.) Dum.Cours.
Fagus purpurea (Aiton) Dum.Cours.
Fagus purpurea subsp. tricolor (Simon-Louis ex K.Koch) Pynaert
Fagus purpurea var. roseomarginata Cripps
Fagus quercoides (Pers.) Dippel
Fagus salicifolia A.DC.
Homonyms
Fagus sylvatica L.
Common names
Ahu in Albanian
Almindelig bøg in Danish
Almindelig bøg in Danish
Avrupa kayını in Turkish
Azhaawemizh in Ojibwa
Beech in English
Beech in English
Beech in English
Beuk in Dutch
Blodbok in Swedish
Blutbuche in German
Buk zwyczajny in Polish
Bukva in Croatian
Bók in Faroese
Bøg in Danish
Bøg in Danish
Bøg in Danish
Bøg in Danish
Bùk in language.
Cerwjeny buk in language.
Eiropas dižskābardis in Latvian
Euroopanpyökki in Finnish
European Beech in English
European Beech in English
European Beech, Common Beech in English
European Beech, Common Beech in English
European beech in English
European beech in language.
European beech in English
European beech in English
European beech (EN) in language.
European beech (EN) in language.
Európai bükk in Hungarian
Evropska bukva in Serbian
Eŭropa fago in Esperanto
Fabo in Aragonese
Fag in Romanian
Fagaro in language.
Faggio comune in Italian
Faggio comune in Italian
Faggio comune in Italian
Faggio comune in Italian
Faia-europeia in Portuguese
Faia-rubra in Portuguese
Faiu in Corsican
Faou in Breton
Fau in Sardinian
Fau europèu in Occitan (post 1500)
Feá in Irish
Ffawydd in Welsh

Bibliographic References

  1. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  2. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 360. ISBN 8200089304
  3. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 360. ISBN 8200089304
  4. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 360. ISBN 8200089304
  5. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 360. ISBN 8200089304
  6. Høeg OA. (1974). Planter og tradisjon: floraen i levende tale og tradisjon i Norge 1925-1973. ISBN 8200089304. Page: 360. ISBN 8200089304
  7. Jørgensen PM, Weidemann E, Fremstad E. (2016). Flora Norvegica av JE Gunnerus. På norsk og med kommentarer. ISBN 978-82-8322-077-3. Page: 270. ISBN 978-82-8322-077-3
  8. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  9. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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