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Fagaceae

Angiospermae - Fagales - Fagaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Fagaceae Dumortier pp. 11, 12
1892Fagaceae Engler p. 95
1919Fagaceae Knowlton
1941Fagaceae MacGinitie
1974Fagaceae Ozaki
1989Fagaceae Shoshani et al. p. 434
2000Fagaceae Mabberley
2008Fagaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Fagaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 17
2016Fagaceae Xu et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Rosids
—Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
—Fabid
orderFagales
familyFagaceae
familyFagaceae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Fagaceae Dumortier 1829
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G. †Amentogerdiopollenites Crepet and Nixon 1989
G. †Amplobalanus Crepet and Nixon 1989
G. †Antiquacupula Sims et al. 1998
G. †Carpinites Goeppert and Berendt 1845
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†Carpinites dubius Goeppert and Berendt 1845
G. Castanea Miller 1754 [chestnut]
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†Castanea atavia Unger 1850
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Invalid names: Castanea ungeri Heer 1869 [synonym]
†Castanea claibornensis Berry 1914
†Castanea dolicophylla Cockerell 1908
†Castanea fujiyamae Tanai 1970
†Castanea intermedia Lesquereux 1878
†Castanea protoantiqua Suzuki 1976
†Castanea pulchella Knowlton 1899
Castanea pumila Linnaeus 1753
Castanea sativa Miller 1786
G. †Castaneophyllum Jones and Dilcher 1988
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†Castaneophyllum patagonicum Wilf et al. 2019
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Invalid names: Tetracera patagonica Berry 1925 [replaced]
G. Castanopsis Spach 1842 [chinquapin]
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Castanopsis ceratacantha Rehder and Wilson 1916
Castanopsis fissa Rehder and Wilson 1916
Castanopsis indica de Candolle 1863
†Castanopsis longipetiolatum Knowlton 1899
†Castanopsis perplexa Knowlton 1902
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Invalid names: Quercus browni Brooks 1935 [objective synonym]
†Castanopsis rothwellii Wilf et al. 2019
Castanopsis tribuloides de Candolle 1863
G. †Castanoxylon Navale 1964
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†Castanoxylon bavaricum Selmeier 1970
†Castanoxylon indicum Navale 1964
†Castanoxylon tertiarum Navale 1964
G. †Cupuliferoipollenites Potonié
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†Cupuliferoipollenites barainsus Mathur and Mathur 1969
†Cupuliferoipollenites ovatus Venkatachala and Kar 1969
G. †Dryobalanus Landgrebe 1842
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†Dryobalanus basalticus Landgrebe 1842
G. †Fagophyllum Nathorst 1888
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†Fagophyllum duseni Berry 1937
†Fagophyllum gottschei Nathorst 1888
†Fagophyllum nervosum Nathorst 1888
†Fagophyllum retosum Dawson 1893
G. †Fagopsis Hollick 1909
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†Fagopsis longifolia Lesquereux 1872
†Fagopsis undulata Knowlton 1899
G. †Fagoxylon Stopes and Fujii 1910
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†Fagoxylon hokkaidense Stopes and Fujii 1910
G. Fagus Linnaeus 1753 [beech]
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Fagus americana Sweet 1826
†Fagus antipofii Abich 1858
†Fagus cretacea Newberry 1868
†Fagus deucalionis Unger 1882
†Fagus dicksoni Dusen 1899
Fagus engleriana Seemen 1900
†Fagus feroniae Unger 1845
†Fagus hitchcockii Lesquereux 1861
†Fagus integrifolia Dusen 1899
†Fagus lambertensis Berry 1916
†Fagus longifolia Lesquereux 1872
†Fagus macrophylla Unger 1854
†Fagus orbiculata Lesquereux 1891
†Fagus papyracea Knowlton 1918
†Fagus polycladus Lesquereux 1868
†Fagus protonucifera Dawson 1882
†Fagus pseudoferruginea Lesquereux 1878
Fagus sieboldii Endlicher 1864
†Fagus subferruginea Dusen 1899
G. †Galla Ludwig 1857
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†Galla quercina Lesquereux 1892
G. Lithocarpus Blume 1826
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G. †Nephelites Deane 1902
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†Nephelites equidentata Deane 1902
G. †Parafagus Oliver 1936
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†Parafagus otakouia Oliver 1936
G. †Parvobalanus Crepet and Nixon 1989
G. Pasania Miquel 1855
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Pasania densiflora Hooker and Arnott 1840
G. †Pasianopsis Saporta and Marion 1878
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†Pasianopsis retinervis Saporta and Marion 1878
G. †Protofagacea Herendeen et al. 1995
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†Protofagacea allonensis Herendeen et al. 1995
G. †Pseudofagus Smiley and Huggins 1981
G. †Quercinium Unger 1842
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†Quercinium abromeiti Platen 1907
†Quercinium anomalum Platen 1907
†Quercinium knowltoni Felix 1896
†Quercinium lamarense Knowlton 1899
†Quercinium lesquereuxi Platen 1907
†Quercinium quercoides Goeppert 1839
†Quercinium sabulosum Unger 1842
†Quercinium solerederi Platen 1907
†Quercinium wardi Platen 1907
Invalid names: Kloedenia Goeppert 1839 [synonym]
G. †Querciphyllum Nathorst 1888
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†Querciphyllum lonchitis Nathorst 1888
G. †Quercophyllum Fontaine 1889
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†Quercophyllum platanoides MacGinitie 1941
†Quercophyllum wyomingense Fontaine 1899
G. †Quercoxylon Hofmann 1929
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†Quercoxylon cerris Hofmann 1929
G. Quercus Linnaeus 1753 [oak]
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Subg. Quercus (Cyclobalanopsis) Oersted [ring-cupped oak]
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†Quercus abnormalis Berry 1907
Quercus acrodon Massalongo 1853
Quercus acuminata Michaux 1895
Quercus acutissima Carruthers 1862
†Quercus aemulans Lesquereux 1871
Quercus affinis Scheider 1837
†Quercus alaskana Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus pandurata Heer 1868 [replaced]
Quercus alba Linnaeus 1753
†Quercus alnoides Lesquereux 1891
†Quercus angustiloba Braun 1861
†Quercus antiqua Newberry 1868
†Quercus aquamara Ward 1885
Quercus aquifolioides Rehder and Wilson 1916
†Quercus argentum Knowlton 1901
†Quercus asymmetrica Trelease 1924
†Quercus balaninorum Cockerell 1908
†Quercus banksiaefolia Newberry 1863
†Quercus baueri Knowlton 1916
†Quercus berryi Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus breweri Lesquereux 1883 [replaced]
†Quercus bicornis Ward 1885
†Quercus bonnieri Colani 1920
†Quercus boweniana Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus brevifolia Sargent 1895
Quercus breweri Engelmann 1880
†Quercus carbonensis Ward 1885
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Invalid names: Dryophyllum basidentatum Ward 1885 [synonym]
†Quercus castaneopsis Lesquereux 1883
†Quercus castanoides Newberry 1882
†Quercus castanopsis Newberry 1882
†Quercus catesbaeifolia Berry 1916
†Quercus celastrifolia Lesquereux 1888
†Quercus chamissonis Heer 1868
Quercus championii Bentham 1854
†Quercus chaneyi Knowlton 1926
Quercus chapmani Sargent 1895
†Quercus chapmanifolia Berry 1916
Quercus chrysolepis Liebmann 1854
†Quercus cinereoides Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus clarnensis Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus affinis Newberry 1883 [replaced]
†Quercus cognatus Knowlton 1926
†Quercus coloradensis Lesquereux 1888
†Quercus competens Lesquereux 1875
†Quercus consimilis Newberry 1883
†Quercus convexa Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus coriacea Newberry 1863
†Quercus crossii Lesquereux 1887
†Quercus culveri Knowlton 1899
Quercus cuneata Wangenheim 1820
†Quercus dakotensis Lesquereux 1883
†Quercus dallii Lesquereux 1882
†Quercus dawsoni Knowlton 1898
†Quercus dayana Knowlton 1902
†Quercus declinata Dorf 1930
Quercus dentata Thunberg 1784
†Quercus dentoni Lesquereux 1883
†Quercus dentonoides Knowlton 1900
Quercus digitata Sudworth 1892
Quercus dilatata Lindley 1864
†Quercus dispersa Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus distincta Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus doljensis Pilar 1883
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Invalid names: Rhus pseudomeriani Lesquereux 1878 [synonym]
†Quercus drymeja Unger 1847
†Quercus dryophyllopsis Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus latifolia Lesquereux 1875 [replaced]
†Quercus dubia Newberry 1882
†Quercus duriuscula Knowlton 1902
†Quercus eamesi Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus salicifolia Newberry 1868 [replaced]
†Quercus elaena Unger 1847
†Quercus elaenoides Lesquereux 1878
Quercus elliptica Liebmann 1864
†Quercus ellisiana Lesquereux 1872
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Invalid names: Quercus pealei Lesquereux 1871 [synonym]
†Quercus ellsworthianus Lesquereux 1868
†Quercus eoprinoides Berry 1904
†Quercus eoxalapensis MacGinitie 1941
†Quercus eucalyptifolia Ettingshausen 1883
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Invalid names: Quercus chlorophylloides Knowlton 1898 [synonym]
†Quercus evansii Lesquereux 1859
†Quercus fisheriana Knowlton 1918
†Quercus flexuosa Newberry 1863
†Quercus florissantensis Cockerell 1908
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Invalid names: Quercus pyrifolia Lesquereux 1883 [synonym]
†Quercus fraxinifolia Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus furcinervis Rossmässler 1883
†Quercus furuhjelmi Heer 1868
†Quercus gardneri Knowlton 1918
†Quercus gaudini Lesquereux 1859
†Quercus glascoena Lesquereux 1891
Quercus glauca Thunberg 1784
†Quercus glennii Hollick 1906
†Quercus godeti Heer 1856
†Quercus goepperti Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus goldianus Lesquereux 1873
Quercus griffithii Hooker and Thomson 1864
†Quercus grossidentata Knowlton 1899
†Quercus haidingeri Ettingshausen 1851
†Quercus hatcheri Knowlton 1906
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Invalid names: Quercus cockerelli Trelease 1918 [objective synonym], Quercus montana Knowlton 1905 [replaced]
†Quercus haugi Colani 1920
†Quercus haydeni Lesquereux 1869
†Quercus hesperia Knowlton 1899
†Quercus hexagona Lesquereux 1868
†Quercus hieracifolia Debey 1880
†Quercus hollickii Berry 1903
†Quercus holmesii Lesquereux 1883
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Invalid names: Dryophyllum salicifolium Lesquereux 1874 [synonym]
†Quercus horniana Lesquereux 1888
†Quercus hosiana Lesquereux 1891
†Quercus idahoensis Knowlton 1898
Quercus ilex Linnaeus 1753
Quercus imbricaria Michaux 1801
Quercus incana Bartram 1791
†Quercus johnstrupi Heer 1883
†Quercus judithae Knowlton 1905
†Quercus kanseana Lesquereux 1874
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Invalid names: Hamamelites kansaseanus Lesquereux 1874 [synonym]
†Quercus knowltoniana Cockerell 1908
†Quercus lambertensis Berry 1916
Quercus lamellosa Smith 1814
†Quercus lantenoisi Colani 1920
Quercus latifolia Michaux 1801
Quercus laurifolia Michaux 1801
†Quercus lehmani Hollick 1904
†Quercus lesquereuxiana Knowlton 1898
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Invalid names: Quercus acrodon Lesquereux 1868 [replaced]
Quercus liaotungensis Koidzumi 1912
†Quercus lonchitis Unger 1850
Quercus lyrata Walter 1788
†Quercus lyratiformis Cockerell 1908
†Quercus macneilii Brown 1962
Quercus macrocarpa Michaux 1801
†Quercus magnifolia Knowlton 1899
Quercus marylandica Du Roi 1772
†Quercus merriami Knowlton 1902
Quercus michauxii Nuttall 1818
†Quercus microdentata Hollick 1899
†Quercus milleri Berry 1909
†Quercus minor Marshall 1889
†Quercus miovariabilis Hu and Chaney 1938
†Quercus mohavensis Axelrod 1939
Quercus mongolica Fischer 1850
Quercus montana Willdenow 1801
†Quercus montanensis Knowlton 1900
†Quercus morrisoniana Lesquereux 1883
†Quercus multinervis Lesquereux 1859
†Quercus negundoides Lesquereux 1871
†Quercus neomexicana Knowlton 1918
†Quercus nevadensis Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus newberryi Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus cuneata Newberry 1868 [replaced]
Quercus nigra Linnaeus 1753
†Quercus novaecaesareae Hollick 1897
†Quercus oberlii Buechler et al. 2007
†Quercus obtusa Knowlton 1926
†Quercus olafseni Heer 1868
†Quercus oregoniana Knowlton 1902
†Quercus osbornii Lesquereux 1883
Quercus palustris Münchhausen 1770
Quercus pandurata Humboldt and Bonpland 1813
Quercus parceserrata Saporta and Marion 1871
†Quercus paucidentata Newberry 1882
†Quercus payettensis Knowlton 1898
†Quercus penhallowi Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus laurifolia Newberry 1883 [replaced]
†Quercus peritula Cockerell 1908
Quercus phellos Linnaeus 1753
Quercus platanoides Lamarck 1893
†Quercus platinervis Lesquereux 1859
†Quercus pliopalmeri Axelrod 1937
†Quercus poranoides Lesquereux 1874
†Quercus praedumosa Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus turneri Knowlton 1900 [replaced]
†Quercus praegilva Krystofovich 1926
†Quercus praenigra Knowlton 1926
†Quercus praeundulata Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus sinuata Newberry 1868 [replaced]
†Quercus pratti Berry 1907
†Quercus predigitata Berry 1907
†Quercus prelobata Condit 1944
†Quercus previrginiana Berry 1916
†Quercus primordialis Lesquereux 1868
Quercus prinoides Willdenow 1801
Quercus prinus Linnaeus 1753
†Quercus protosalicina Suzuki 1959
†Quercus pseudoalba Hollick 1906
†Quercus pseudoalnus Ettingshausen 1852
†Quercus pseudocastanea Göppert 1853
†Quercus pseudochrysophylla Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus pseudolyrata Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus ramaleyi Cockerell 1906
†Quercus raritanensis Berry 1909
†Quercus ratonensis Knowlton 1918
†Quercus relongtanense Colani 1920
†Quercus renoana Axelrod 1958
†Quercus rhamnoides Lesquereux 1891
†Quercus rockvalensis Knowlton 1918
Quercus rubra Linnaeus 1753
†Quercus rustii Knowlton 1926
†Quercus scudderi Knowlton 1916
†Quercus semialatus Lesquereux 1868
†Quercus serra Unger 1847
†Quercus severnensis Berry 1910
†Quercus simplex Newberry 1882
†Quercus simulata Knowlton 1898
Quercus sinuata Walter 1788
†Quercus spokanensis Knowlton 1926
†Quercus spurioilex Knowlton 1891
†Quercus stantoni Knowlton 1917
†Quercus stramineus Lesquereux 1872
†Quercus subvariabilis Tanai 1955
†Quercus sullyi Newberry 1883
†Quercus sumterensis Berry 1914
†Quercus suspecta Lesquereux 1891
†Quercus transgressus Lesquereux 1878
Quercus turneri Willdenow 1809
†Quercus ursina Knowlton 1902
†Quercus valdensis Heer 1856
†Quercus vancouveriana Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Dryophyllum elongatum Dawson 1893 [synonym], Dryophyllum neillianum Dawson 1893 [synonym], Quercus occidentalis Dawson 1893 [replaced]
Quercus velutina Lamarck 1785
†Quercus viburnifolia Lesquereux 1878
†Quercus victoriae Dawson 1882
Quercus virginiana Miller 1768
†Quercus wardiana Lesquereux 1891
†Quercus washingtonensis Trelease 1918
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Invalid names: Quercus elliptica Newberry 1863 [replaced]
†Quercus weedii Knowlton 1899
†Quercus whitei Lesquereux 1888
†Quercus wislizenoides Axelrod 1944
†Quercus wyomingiana Lesquereux 1872
†Quercus yanceyi Knowlton 1899
†Quercus yulensis Brown 1962
†Quercus zeilleri Colani 1920
Invalid names: Quercus pseudolyrata angustiloba Lesquereux 1888 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (610 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (South Dakota) Quercus Wardiana (34868)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (Wyoming) Quercophyllum wyomingense (34837)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Kansas) Quercus sp., Fagus sp. (34726)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Quercus stantoni (31382) Quercus viburnifolia (34973 34974)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Miocene100.5 - 5.333China (Xingjian) Cupuliferoipollenites sp. (140039)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Quercus stantonii (31187)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Dryophyllum elongatum (35219) Quercus richardsoni (35174 35177)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1USA (New Mexico) Quercus viburnifolia (24182)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Mexico (Michoacán) Quercus sp. (57047)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) Protofagacea allonensis (115111)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) Protofagacea allonensis (28320)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) Quercus pseudowestfalica (210091 210095) Quercus sumterensis, Quercus pseudowestfalica (210092)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Quercus stantoni (27314 27359 27360 27361 27366)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Quercus stantoni (27363)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Portugal (Coimbra) Quercus sp. (49228)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) F. HC100 (48235)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) F. HC100 (48205 48248 48277)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Quercophyllum gardneri (34921 34970) Quercus ellisiana (35576) Quercus viburnifolia (34922 34967 34969)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Quercus sullyi (53607)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Fagophyllum duseni (133752 133753)