Difference between revisions of "Buxus"
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| − | |common_names=Box;boxwood [Latin | + | |common_names=Box;boxwood [Latin] |
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|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> | |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 | + | |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 |
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|discussion=<p>Species ca. 70 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- | |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 | + | --><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> |
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Latest revision as of 11:32, 9 May 2022
Shrubs [trees], not clonal. Leaves opposite or subopposite; blade margins entire, surfaces shiny. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, spikes or capitate clusters [racemes]. Staminate flowers basal; tepals 4; pistillode present. Pistillate 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. Fruits capsules, broadly oblong [globose or ovoid], loculicidally dehiscent, splitting into 2 or 3 valves, forcibly ejecting seeds at maturity, usually glabrous; style persistent. Seeds 2 per locule, black, oblong; with rudimentary aril. x = 14.
Distribution
Introduced; Mexico, West Indies, Central America, n South America, Europe, Asia, Africa.
Discussion
Species ca. 70 (1 in the flora).
The structures subtending the pistillate flowers are ambiguous; they may be tepals or bracts. The taxonomy and nomenclature of Buxus are unsettled. Species and cultivars other than B. sempervirens are likely to persist from cultivation.
Selected References
None.