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Taxon:  Buxus sempervirens L.



Summary
Genus:
Buxus
Family:
Buxaceae
Nomen number:
8212
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:983. 1753
Verified:
09/09/1986 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Buxus colchica Pojark.
Buxus hyrcana Pojark.
Buxus myrtifolia Lam.
Buxus sempervirens L. f. myrtifolia (Lam.) C. K. Schneid.
Buxus sempervirens L. f. pendula (Dallim.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens L. f. prostrata (Bean) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens L. var. myrtifolia (Lam.) Sweet
Buxus sempervirens L. var. pendula Dallim.
Buxus sempervirens L. var. prostrata Bean
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Batdorf, L. R. Boxwood: An illustrated encyclopedia. 2004
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
  4. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998 Note: poisonous
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  6. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  7. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  8. Eriksson, O. et al. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. 1979
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Buxus+sempervirens&quantity=1
  10. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  11. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  12. Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. 1931-1941
  13. Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964 Note: poisonous
  14. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  15. Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants. 1985 Note: poisonous
  16. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  17. Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
  18. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  19. Meyer, F. G. et al. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. 1994
  20. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
  21. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  22. Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
  23. St. John, H. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. 1973
  24. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  25. Yunnan Inst. Bot. & Kunming Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci., eds. Flora yunnanica. 1977-
  26. Zohary, M. et al. Conspectus florae orientalis. 1980-
  27. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
box –
boxtree –
boxwood –
boxwoodtree –
Caucasian boxwood –
common box –
common boxwood –
European box –
French boxwood –
Persian boxwood –
Turkish boxwood –
Portuguese (Brazil)
árvore-da-caixa –
buxinho –
buxo –
Swedish
buxbom –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Turkey
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal (incl. Azores)
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
wood (fide F Turk) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann) –


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