order Fagales

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Order Fagales is a group of flowering plants that includes many ecologically and economically important trees such as oaks, beeches, birches, and alders.

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant order
taxonomic rank
authority Lindley
clade Magnoliophyta
surface form: Angiosperms

Eudicots
surface form: Core eudicots

Eudicots
Fabids
Rosids
class Eudicots
surface form: Eudicotyledonae

Magnoliopsida
containsTaxon Betulaceae
Casuarinaceae
oak family (Fagaceae)
surface form: Fagaceae

Juglandaceae
Myricaceae
Nothofagaceae
Rhoipteleaceae
Ticodendraceae
distribution cosmopolitan
division Magnoliophyta
ecologicalRole dominant canopy trees
nitrogen fixation in some members
economicImportance nut crops
ornamental trees
timber production
flowerSex unisexual flowers
fruitType achene
nut
samara
habitat boreal forests
montane forests
temperate forests
includes alders
beeches
birches
casuarinas
hazels
hickories
hornbeams
oaks
southern beeches
walnuts
isMonophyletic true
kingdom Plantae
lifeForm mostly trees and shrubs
namedBy John Lindley
ovaryPosition inferior ovary
photosyntheticPathway C3
pollination anemophily
reproduction seed-bearing
taxonRank order
typeOf flowering plant order
typicalPollination wind pollination

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Rosids contains order Fagales