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Which Fagales genera are mostly restricted to eastern and southeastern Asia?
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Fagales
European beech (Fagus sylvatica).
Within the order Fagales, the genera that are almost exclusively restricted to eastern and southeastern Asia are Lithocarpus and Castanopsis, both of which belong to the family Fagaceae.1