Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst.

Summary

Genus:

Nothofagus

Subgenus:

Lophozonia

Family:

Nothofagaceae

Nomen number:

25390

Place of publication:

Bidr. Egefam. 25. 1871; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd. ser. 5, 9:355. 1873

Verified:

03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Fagus cunninghamii Hook.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Lophozonia cunninghamii (Hook.) Heenan & Smissen

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. 1998
Heenan, P. B. & R. D. Smissen. 2013. Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae). Phytotaxa 146:15.
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997

Common names

English
Antarctic beech –
myrtle beech –
southern beech –
Tasmanian-myrtle –
Swedish
tasmansk sydbok –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Tasmania
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Victoria

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, Victoria]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Materials	wood		Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=25390. Accessed 30 October 2025.