Fagus hohenackeriana

Fagus hohenackeriana, the Caucasian beech, is a deciduous tree in the family Fagaceae. It is native to the Caucasus region on the borders of the extreme southeast of Europe and western Asia, from northeastern Turkey east to Azerbaijan and north to southernmost European Russia. Although first noted as distinct and described in 1908 by the Russian botanist Ivan Palibin, it was until recently universally regarded as a synonym of Fagus orientalis (Oriental beech), until a major genetic study discovered it was distinct. Its treatment as a distinct species has been accepted by the Plants of the World Online database....read more on Wikipedia.