Fagus × taurica, the Crimean beech, is a deciduous tree in the beech genus Fagus.
Crimean beech | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Fagus |
Species: | F. × taurica
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Binomial name | |
Fagus × taurica | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
editThe Balkan beech or Moesian beech (Fagus moesiaca), is considered to be the same species. It has been thought to be a hybrid between F. orientalis and F. sylvatica,[2] but the relationships between Eurasian beeches are still unclear, and it may show greater affinity with F. orientalis.[3]
References
edit- ^ "The Plant List".
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- ^ Paffetti, D.; Vettori, C.; Caramelli, D.; Vernesi, C.; Lari, M.; Paganelli, A.; Paule, L.; Giannini, R. (2007). "Unexpected presence of Fagus orientalis complex in Italy as inferred from 45,000-year-old DNA pollen samples from Venice lagoon". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7 (Suppl 2): 1–13. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-S2-S6. PMC 1963477. PMID 17767734.