View source for Buxus ← Buxus You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Buxus |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 983. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Box;boxwood [Latin] |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Buxaceae;Buxus |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Buxaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Buxus]]</div></div> |etymology=<i>buxus</i>; from Greek <i>pyxos</i> (or <i>puxos</i>), name for box tree, of uncertain origin but supposedly from <i>pyknos</i>, dense, solid, alluding to excellent wood |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[trees], not clonal. <b>Leaves</b> opposite or subopposite; blade margins entire, surfaces shiny. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary and terminal, spikes or capitate clusters [racemes]. <b>Staminate</b> flowers basal; tepals 4; pistillode present. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers 1 per inflorescence, apical; tepals 5 or 6; ovary 2- or 3-carpellate; locules 1 per carpel; stigma decurrent; interstylar nectaries or nectariferous tissue present; ovules 2 per locule. <b>Fruits</b> capsules, broadly oblong [globose or ovoid], loculicidally dehiscent, splitting into 2 or 3 valves, forcibly ejecting seeds at maturity, usually glabrous; style persistent. <b>Seeds</b> 2 per locule, black, oblong; with rudimentary aril. <b>x</b> = 14.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Europe;Asia;Africa. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>The structures subtending the pistillate flowers are ambiguous; they may be tepals or bracts. The taxonomy and nomenclature of <i>Buxus</i> are unsettled. Species and cultivars other than <i>B. sempervirens</i> are likely to persist from cultivation.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Buxus |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Buxaceae |distribution=Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Europe;Asia;Africa. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status= |source xml=https://xjsachs2@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/e39f0e846f172941159b2045254d62d10d9823f6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V10/V10_5.xml |genus=Buxus }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Buxaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Buxaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Buxus.