Buxus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buxales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Buxales

Familia: Buxaceae
Genus: Buxus
Sectiones: B. sect. Buxus – B. sect. Eugeniobuxus – B. sect. Notobuxus – B. sect. Probuxus – B. sect. Tricera
Species: B. acuminata – B. acunae – B. acutata – B. aneura – B. arborea – B. austroyunnanensis – B. bahamensis – B. balearica – B. baracoensis – B. bartlettii – B. benguellensis – B. bissei – B. bodinieri – B. braimbridgeorum – B. brevipes – B. calcarea – B. capuronii – B. cephalantha – B. cipolinica – B. cochinchinensis – B. cordata – B. cubana – B. ekmanii – B. excisa – B. foliosa – B. glomerata – B. gonoclada – B. hainanensis – B. harlandii – B. hebecarpa – B. henryi – B. hildebrandtii – B. humbertii – B. ichagensis – B. imbricata – B. intermedia – B. itremoensis – B. jaucoensis – B. laevigata – B. lancifolia – B. latistyla – B. leivae – B. leonii – B. linearifolia – B. lisowskii – B. liukiuensis – B. loheri – B. macowanii – B. macrocarpa – B. macrophylla – B. madagascarica – B. malayana – B. marginalis – B. megistophylla – B. mexicana – B. microphylla – B. mollicula – B. moana – B. moctezumae – B. monticola – B. moratii – B. muelleriana – B. myrica – B. natalensis – B. nipensis – B. nyasica – B. obovata – B. obtusifolia – B. ovalifolia – B. pachyphylla – B. papillosa – B. pilosula – B. portoricensis – B. pseudaneura – B. pubescens – B. pubifolia – B. pubiramea – B. pulchella – B. rabenantoandroi – B. retusa – B. revoluta – B. rheedioides – B. rivularis – B. rolfei – B. rugulosa – B. rupicola – B. sclerophylla – B. sempervirens – B. serpentinicola – B. shaferi – B. sinica – B. sirindhorniana – B. stenophylla – B. subcolumnaris – B. triptera – B. vaccinioides – B. vahlii – B. wallichiana – B. wrightii – B. yunquensis

Name

Buxus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 983. 1753; Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 423. 1754.

Type species: Buxus sempervirens L., Sp. Pl. 2: 983. 1753 (by monotypy)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Buxanthus Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 5: 325. 1897.
  - Type species: non design.
- Buxella Tiegh., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 8, 5: 326. 1897.
  - Type species: non design.
- Crantzia Sw., Prodr. 3, 38. 1788, nom. illeg. non Scop. (1777).
  - Typus: Crantzia laevigata Sw.
- Notobuxus Oliv., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: 78. 1882.
  - Typus: Notobuxus natalensis Oliv.
- Tricera Sw. ex Schreb., Gen. 630. 1791.
  - Typus: Tricera laevigata (Sw.) Sw.
- Macropodandra Gilg

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 983. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 423. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Buxus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Buxus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Buxus. Published online. Accessed: Jul 13 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Buxus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Jul 2019.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Buxus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2020 Jan 18.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Самшыт
dansk: Buksbom-slægten
Deutsch: Buchsbäume
English: Boxwoods
español: Bojes
suomi: Puksipuut
français: Buis
Nederlands: Buksboom, Palmboompje
русский: Самшит (Samshi't)
Türkçe: Şimşir