boxwood family
Buxaceae
The Buxaceae are a small family of six genera and about 123 known species of flowering plants. They are shrubs and small trees, with a cosmopolitan distribution. A seventh genus, sometimes accepted in the past (Notobuxus), has been shown by genetic studies to be included within Buxus (Balthazar et al., 2000).
6 branches of this family, most-observed first
boxes
genusBuxus
Pachysandra
genusPachysandra
sweet boxes
genusSarcococca
Styloceras
genusStyloceras
Haptanthus
genusHaptanthus
Didymeles
genusDidymeles
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50318.