boxes
Buxus
Buxus is a genus of about 70 species in the family Buxaceae. Common names include box (majority of English-speaking countries) or boxwood (North America).
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common box
speciesBuxus sempervirens
Small-leaved Box
speciesBuxus microphylla
Chinese boxwood
speciesBuxus sinica
Buxus colchica
speciesBuxus colchica
Liukiu boxwood
speciesBuxus liukiuensis
Balearic Box
speciesBuxus balearica
Buxus bodinieri
speciesBuxus bodinieri
Harland's Box
speciesBuxus harlandii
Buxus hildebrandtii
speciesBuxus hildebrandtii
Large-Leaved Box
speciesBuxus natalensis
African Box
speciesBuxus macowanii
Vahl's Boxwood
speciesBuxus vahlii
Buxus megistophylla
speciesBuxus megistophylla
Buxus portoricensis
speciesBuxus portoricensis
Buxus moratii
speciesBuxus moratii
Buxus bahamensis
speciesBuxus bahamensis
Buxus pubescens
speciesBuxus pubescens
Buxus cipolinica
speciesBuxus cipolinica
Buxus obtusifolia
speciesBuxus obtusifolia
Buxus bartlettii
speciesBuxus bartlettii
Buxus itremoensis
speciesBuxus itremoensis
Himalayan Boxwood
speciesBuxus wallichiana
Buxus madagascarica
speciesBuxus madagascarica
Buxus rheedioides
speciesBuxus rheedioides
Buxus subcolumnaris
speciesBuxus subcolumnaris
Buxus arborea
speciesBuxus arborea
Buxus foliosa
speciesBuxus foliosa
Buxus vaccinioides
speciesBuxus vaccinioides
Buxus latistyla
speciesBuxus latistyla
Buxus papillosa
speciesBuxus papillosa
Buxus myrica
speciesBuxus myrica
Buxus cochinchinensis
speciesBuxus cochinchinensis
Buxus ekmanii
speciesBuxus ekmanii
Buxus olivacea
speciesBuxus olivacea
Buxus citrifolia
speciesBuxus citrifolia
Buxus mexicana
speciesBuxus mexicana
Buxus moctezumae
speciesBuxus moctezumae
Buxus cordata
speciesBuxus cordata
Buxus calcarea
speciesBuxus calcarea
Buxus humbertii
speciesBuxus humbertii
Buxus rabenantoandroi
speciesBuxus rabenantoandroi
Buxus koehleri
speciesBuxus koehleri
Buxus retusa
speciesBuxus retusa
Buxus bissei
speciesBuxus bissei
Buxus glomerata
speciesBuxus glomerata
Buxus pachyphylla
speciesBuxus pachyphylla
Buxus acuminata
speciesBuxus acuminata
Buxus lancifolia
speciesBuxus lancifolia
Buxus nyasica
speciesBuxus nyasica
Buxus capuronii
speciesBuxus capuronii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.79
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.676
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.674
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.791
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.12
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.96
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.332
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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 133400.