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The category in botanical classification below family. A genus is a group of closely related plants known as species. All the species of beech trees, for example, are grouped under the genus Fagus. Related genera are grouped in turn into a family, in this case Fagaceae. The common beech is identified by a genus and a species name, Fagus sylvatica. A natural variety is identified by a third name in italics, scuh as Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla, and acultivated variety (or cultivar) by quotation marks, as Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck'. A cross (or hybrid) between two species is identified by a multiplication sign: for example, the hybrid willow Salix x rubens