Fagales

Fagales Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fagus sylvatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Clade:	Fabids
Order:	Fagales Engl.[1]
Families
Betulaceae Casuarinaceae Fagaceae Juglandaceae Myricaceae Nothofagaceae Ticodendraceae
Synonyms
Betulales Martius Carpinales Döll Casuarinales Berchtold & J. Presl Casuarinanae Reveal & Doweld Corylales Dumortier Faganae Takhtajan Juglandales Berchtold & J. Presl Juglandanae Reveal Juglandineae Thorne & Reveal Myricales Martius Myricineae Thorne & Reveal Nothofagales Doweld Quercales Burnett Rhoipteleales Reveal

The Fagales are an

. The families and genera currently included are as follows:

• Corylus, Ostrya, and Ostryopsis
  )
• Casuarinaceae – she-oak family (Allocasuarina, Casuarina, Ceuthostoma, and Gymnostoma)
• Quercus, and Trigonobalanus
  )
• Carya, Cyclocarya, Engelhardia, Juglans, Oreomunnea, Platycarya, Pterocarya, and Rhoiptelea
  )
• Myricaceae – bayberry family (Canacomyrica, Comptonia, and Myrica)
• Nothofagaceae – southern beech family (Nothofagus
  )
• Ticodendraceae – ticodendron family (Ticodendron)

The older

to the other two groups.

Characteristics

Most Fagales are wind pollinated and are monoecious with unisexual flowers.^[3]

Evolutionary history

The oldest member of the order is the flower Soepadmoa cupulata preserved in the late Turonian-Coniacian New Jersey amber, which is a mosaic with characteristics characteristic of both Nothofagus and other Fagales, suggesting that the ancestor of all Fagales was Nothofagus-like.^[3]

Systematics

Modern molecular phylogenetics suggest the following relationships:^{[1][citation needed]}

References

External links

• Missouri Botanical Gardens - Fagales