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| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Nothofagus''
| image = Nothofagus obliqua.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Nothofagus obliqua'' shoot with leaves and cupules
| regnum = Plant ae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Fagales
| familia = Nothofagaceae
| familia_authority = Kuprianova
| genus = ''Nothofagus''
| genus_authority = Blume
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
''Nothofagus alpina'' - Rauli Beech

''Nothofagus antarctica'' - Antarctic Beech

''Nothofagus betuloides'' - Magellanes Beech

''Nothofagus cunninghamii'' - Myrtle Beech

''Nothofagus dombeyi'' - Coigüe Beech

''Nothofagus fusca'' - Red Beech

''Nothofagus gunnii'' - Tanglefoot Beech

''Nothofagus menziesii'' - Silver Beech

''Nothofagus moorei'' - Negrohead Beech

''Nothofagus obliqua'' - Roble Beech

''Nothofagus pumilio'' - Lenga Beech

''Nothofagus solanderi'' - Black Beech
}}

''Nothofagus'', the '''southern beeches''' is a genus of about 35 Species of Tree s native to the temperate oceanic to subtropical Southern Hemisphere in southern South America ( Chile , Argentina ) and Australasia (east & southeast Australia , Tasmania , New Zealand , New Guinea and New Caledonia ).

In the past they were commonly treated in the family Fagaceae , but genetic tests by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group revealed them to be genetically distinct, and they are now treated in a family their own, the Nothofagaceae.

The Leaves are toothed or entire, Evergreen or Deciduous . The Fruit is a small, flattened or triangular Nut , borne in cupules containing 2-7 nuts.

''Nothofagus'' species are used as food plants by the Larva of Hepialid Moth s of the genus '' Aenetus '' including ''A. eximia'' and ''A. virescens''.


Taxonomy

;Sect. ''Brassospora'' (type ''Nothofagus brassi'')
  • ''Nothofagus aequilateralis'' (New Caledonia)

  • ''Nothofagus balansae'' (New Caledonia)

  • ''Nothofagus baumanniae'' (New Caledonia)

  • ''Nothofagus brassii'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus carrii'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus codonandra'' (New Caledonia)

  • ''Nothofagus crenata'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus discoidea'' (New Caledonia)

  • ''Nothofagus flaviramea'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus grandis'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus nuda'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus perryi'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus pseudoresinosa'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus pullei'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus resinosa'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus rubra'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus starkenborghii'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus stylosa'' (New Guinea)

  • ''Nothofagus womersleyi'' (New Guinea)


;Sect. ''Fuscospora'' (type ''Nothofagus fusca'')
  • ''Nothofagus alessandri'' (Central Chile)

  • ''Nothofagus fusca'' (New Zealand)

  • '' Nothofagus Gunnii '' (Australia: Tasmania)

  • ''Nothofagus solandri'' (New Zealand)

  • ''Nothofagus truncata'' (New Zealand)


;Sect. ''Lophozonia'' (type ''Nothofagus menziesii'')
  • ''Nothofagus alpina'' (Central Chile)

  • '' Nothofagus Cunninghamii '' (Australia: Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania)

  • ''Nothofagus glauca'' (Central Chile)

  • ''Nothofagus macrocarpa'' (Central Chile)

  • ''Nothofagus menziesii'' (New Zealand)

  • '' Nothofagus Moorei '' (Australia: New South Wales)

  • ''Nothofagus obliqua'' (South America)


;Sect. ''Nothofagus'' (type ''Nothofagus antarctica'')