Diagnostic features as given in profile of family Nothofagaceae.
About 35 species; 3 (all endemic) occurring in Australia.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Fagaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 89–90. Inkata Press, Melbourne.