Southern Beeches
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Southern Beeches (Nothofagus) - A very interesting group of trees, quite distinct from our Northern Beeches, and, though as yet little tried in England, ...
Southern Beech
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Nothofagus - Southern Beeches
Nothofagus antarctica - Antarctic Beech; Ã'ire
Nothofagus betuloides - Magellan's Beech; Birch-leaf Beech; Guindo
Nothofagus cunninghamii - Myrtle Beech
Nothofagus dombeyi - Coihue; Coigue; False Beech ...
Southern Beech
no-thoh-FAH-gus
About 40 species in this genus, including evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees. Bark is generally smooth, purplish-brown and with distinct lenticels, becoming scaly or furrowed on older trees.
Southern Beech [English]: Nothofagus procera
Southern Bell [English]: Pandorea jasminoides
Southern Belle Crapemyrtle [English]: Lagerstroemia 'Southern Belle'
Southern Belle Hibiscus [English]: Hibiscus 'Southern Belle Mix' ...
As the fungus can only survive with its host trees, the conservation of southern beech forests in South America is important for this and other species of Cyttaria. However, there is no evidence that the species is endangered.
Closely related but from the other side of the equator is the southern beech, Nothofagus. Only one of the 35 species seems to be available in Canada: the Antarctic beech, N. antarctica.
Its geographic distribution recalls that of the southern beeches (Nothofagus). The generic name derives from the famous Aristotle --ancient Greek naturalist and philosopher (384-322 B.C.). A genus of moths is also known as Aristotelia.
Plant History
About 190-135 million years ago trees of the podocarp family were evolving, and spread throughout Gondwanaland. The southern beeches, Nothofagus, appeared 135-100 million years ago. Members of both families are found in New Zealand.
Southern beech (Nothofagus species)
Southern catalpa (Catalpa bignioides)
Southern magnolia, star magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora, Magnolia stellata, Magnolia kobus)
Soybean (Glycine max)
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum)
Spearmint (Mentha spicata) ...
 See also: Beech, Evergreen, Green, May, India
  
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