Genus Nothofagus (Noun)
Meaning
Beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The genus Nothofagus is a group of temperate southern hemisphere beech trees, commonly known as southern beeches.
- Nothofagus is a genus of 35 species of trees and shrubs native to the temperate regions of the southern hemisphere.
- The genus Nothofagus is divided into four subgenera: Nothofagus, Fuscospora, Brassospora, and Lophozonia.
- Nothofagus is a dominant genus in the temperate rainforests of South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
- The genus Nothofagus is often used as a model system to study the evolution of plant species in the southern hemisphere.