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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Buxus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 983 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000005846.

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Synonyms of Buxus

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Buxanthus	Tiegh.	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 5: 325. 1897.	wfo-4000005841
Buxella	Tiegh.	Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 8, 5: 326. 1897.	wfo-4000005843
Macropodandra	Gilg	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 114. 1899.	wfo-4000022754
Notobuxus	Oliv.	Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: 78. 1882.	wfo-4000026313
Tricera	Schreb.	Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 2: 630. 1791 [May 1791] ; Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. i. 331., t. 7 (1797).	wfo-4000038906

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Buxus:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Buxus angustifolia	G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Adansonia 24(2): 182 (2002).	wfo-0000576447
Buxus australis	G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 1830	wfo-0001356813
Buxus citrifolia var. fuscescens	Müll.Arg.	Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 16(1): 15. 1869 [mid Nov 1869]	wfo-0001398007
Buxus microphylla f. tarokoensis	(S.Y.Lu & Yuen P.Yang) F.Y.Lu, C.H.Ou, Y.T.Chen, Y.S.Chi, K.C.Lu & Y.H.Tseng	Trees Taiwan [Lu Fu-Yuan] 2: 45. 2006	wfo-0001325806
Buxus microphylla var. liukiuensis	(Makino) S.S.Ying	Colour. Illustr. Pl. Taiwan, Pt. 3; Colour. Illustr. Ligneous Pl. Taiwan 1: 375 (1987), without basionym ref.	wfo-0001402071
Buxus nitidus	Hallier f.	Meded. Rijks-Herb. 37: 16 (1918)	wfo-0000576582