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Buxaceae (boxwood)

Angiospermae - Buxales - Buxaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Buxaceae Dumortier
1974Buxaceae Ozaki
2000Buxaceae Mabberley
2002Haptanthaceae Nelson
2008Buxaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Buxaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group pp. 6, 16
2018Buxaceae Huang et al.
2022Buxaceae Vera et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderBuxalesTakhtajan 1996
familyBuxaceaeDumortier 1822
familyBuxaceaeDumortier 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Buxaceae Dumortier 1822 [boxwood]
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G. Buxus Linnaeus 1753 [boxwood]
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Buxus egeriana Kvaček and Bužek 1982
Buxus ningmingensis Ma and Sun 2015
Buxus papillosa Schneider 1907
Buxus pliocenica Saporta and Marion 1876
Buxus pliosinica Huang et al. 2018
Buxus preaustroyunnanensis Ma and Sun 2015
Buxus protojaponica Tanai and Onoe 1961
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus 1753
Buxus wallichiana Baillon 1859
G. †Erdtmanipollis Krutzsch 1962
G. Sarcococca Lindley 1826 [sweet box]
Invalid names: Haptanthaceae Nelson 2002 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016In Buxales, we broaden the limits of Buxaceae to include Haptanthaceae (Buxaceae already included Didymelaceae in APG III, 2009). Shipunov & Shipunova (2011) found that Haptanthus Goldberg & C.Nelson was embedded in Buxaceae, possibly sister to Buxus L., so its inclusion in that family is indicated