Buxaceae Dumort.

First published in Commentat. Bot. (Dumort.) 54. 1822 (1822)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • Balthazar, M. von & Endress, P.K. (2002). Development of inflorescences and flowers in Buxaceae and the problem of perianth interpretation. Intl.J.Pl.Sci. 163:847-876.
  • Balthazar, M. von & Endress, P.K. (2002). Reproductive structures and systematics of Buxaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 140:193-228.
  • Balthazar, M. von, Endress, P.K. & Qiu, Y.-L. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships in Buxaceae based on nuclear internal transcribed spacers and plastid ndhF sequences. Intl.J.Pl.Sci. 161:785-792.
  • Batdorf, L.R. (2005). Boxwood Handbook. Boyce: American Boxwood Society.
  • Gentry, A.H. & Aymard, G. (1993). A new species of Styloceras (Buxaceae) from Peru. Novon 3:142-144.
  • Gentry, A.H. & Foster,R. (1981). A new Peruvian Styloceras (Buxaceae): discovery of a phytogeographical missing link. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 68:122-124.
  • Köhler, E. & Brückner, P. (1990). Considerations on the evolution and chorogenesis of the genus Buxus (Buxaceae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 55:153-168.
  • Köhler, E. (1981). Pollen Morphology of the West-Indian-Central American species of the Genus Buxus L. (Buxaceae) with reference to taxonomy. Pollen et Spores 23:37-91.
  • Köhler, E. (1993). Blattnervatur-Muster der Buxaceae Dumortier und Simmondsiaceae van Tieghem. Feddes Repertorium 104:145-167.
  • Köhler, E. (2004). Buxaceae. In: N.Smith, S.A.Mori, A.Henderson. D.W.Stevenson & S.V.Head (eds.), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics: 70-72. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
  • Köhler, E. (2006). Three new Buxus species (Buxaceae) from eastern Cuba. Willdenowia 36: 479-489.
  • Köhler, E., Fernández, R. & Zamudio, S. (1993). Buxus moctezumae Köhler, Fernández & Zamudio (Buxaceae) una especie nueva de Estado de Querétero, México. Feddes Repertorium 104:295-305.
  • Mathou, Th. (1940). Recherches sur le famille des Buxacées. Toulouse:Douladoure.
  • Sealy, J.R. (1986). A revision of the genus Sarcococca (Buxaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc.92: 117-159.

Flora of Somalia

  • Cuf. Enum.: 465 (1958)
  • Fl. Eth. 3: 255–256 (1990).
  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by I. Friis [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Valenti in Webbia 20: 771-778 (1965)

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Batdorf, L. (2005). Boxwood Handbook. American Boxwood Society, Boyce.Köhler, E. (2009). Neotropical Buxaceae. In: W. Milliken, B. Klitgaard & A. Baracat, Neotropikey—Interactive Key and Information Resources for Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Buxaceae.htm.
  • Köhler, E. (2009). Neotropical Buxaceae. In: W. Milliken, B. Klitgaard & A. Baracat, Neotropikey—Interactive Key and Information Resources for Flowering Plants of the Neotropics. http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/neotropikey/families/Buxaceae.htm.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2002 Razafimandimbison, S.G. [119] Madagascar K000383925 Yes
Ralimanana, H. [116] Madagascar K000383924 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Smith, A.R. [B14716] Kenya K:SPC-33464.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0