Buxus benguellensis

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Buxus benguellensis is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Buxaceae
Genus: Buxus
Species: Buxus benguellensis

Name

Buxus benguellensis Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 115 (1899).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Notobuxus benguellensis (Gilg) E.Phillips, J. S. African Bot. 9: 140 (1943).
• Heterotypic
  • Buxus benguellensis var. hirta Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1912: 306 (1912).
  • Buxus hirta (Hutch.) Mathou, Trav. Lab. For. Toulouse, Tome I. 3: Art. 11, 25 (1940).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa West-Central Tropical Africa Zaïre. South Tropical Africa Angola. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gilg, E.F. 1899. Buxaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28(1): 114–115. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 
• Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page. 

• Timberlake, J. 2019. Buxus benguellensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T146420332A146819100.en.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Buxus benguellensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Sep 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Buxus benguellensis. Published online. Accessed: 14 Sep 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Buxus benguellensis. Accessed: 14 Sep 2025. Reference page.