Buxaceae

Sarcococca confusa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Buxaceae
Tribus: Buxeae – Stylocerateae
Genera: Buxus – Didymeles – Haptanthus – Pachysandra – Sarcococca – Styloceras

Name

Buxaceae Dumort., 1822, nom. cons.

Typus: Buxus L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pachysandraceae J.Agardh, Theoria Syst. Pl.: 358. (1858)
  • Didymelaceae Leandri (1937)
  • Stylocerataceae Takht. ex Reveal & Hoogland, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 4, sect. B Adansonia 12: 206. (1990)
  • Haptanthaceae C.Nelson, Ceiba, 42(1): 33. (2001)
  • Portulacariaceae Doweld, Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc., 42. 23. (2001)

References

• Dumortier, B.C.J. 1822. Commentationes Botanicae 54.
• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1–20. doi: 10.1111/boj.12385 Reference page. 
• Von Balthazar, M. & Endress, P.K. 2002. Reproductive structures and systematics of Buxaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 140(3): 193–228. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00107.x
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Buxaceae. Published online. Accessed April 21 2016.

• Shipunov, A.B. & Shipunova, E. 2011. Haptanthus story: rediscovery of enigmatic flowering plant from Honduras. American Journal of Botany 98: 761–763. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1000307
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012 [and more or less continuously updated since]. (web site)
• Tropicos.org 2013. Buxaceae Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 September 3.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Buchsbaumgewächse
español: Buxáceas
македонски: Зеленики
Nederlands: Buxusfamilie
norsk: Buksbomfamilien
polski: Bukszpanowate
русский: Самшитовые
suomi: Puksipuukasvit

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