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Buxus sempervirens, the common box, European box, or boxwood, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey.
Common names include box and boxwood. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The boxes are native to western and southern Europe, southwest, southern and eastern Asia, Africa, Madagascar, northernmost South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, with the majority of species being tropical or subtropical; only the European and some Asian species are ...
Paxistima myrsinites (Oregon boxleaf, Oregon boxwood, mountain lover, box, or hedge, false box, myrtle box leaf; syn. Pachistima myrsinites) [2] is a species of shrub in the family Celastraceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern Mexico to the Rocky Mountains , where it grows in forests, often in the ...
Scientific name Common name Family Conservation status Hardwoods; Aceraceae: maple family; Acer: maples; Acer amplum: broad maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer argutum: deep-veined maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer floridanum: Florida maple; southern sugar maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer barbinerve: bearded maple Aceraceae (maple family ...
Boxwood may refer to: Buxus, a genus of about 70 species of shrubs and trees in the family Buxaceæ, called "boxwood" in North America, but just "box" in the majority of English-speaking countries (though its wood is "boxwood"). Buxus sempervirens, the most common species of Buxus, and the only one called "boxwood" in United Kingdom
The Buxaceae are a small family of six genera and about 123 known species [2] 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).
Female flowers Male flowers. Acer negundo, also known as the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America from Canada to Honduras. [3]
In general, the boxwood varieties within the species sempervirens tend to be more susceptible to this disease; this would include the most popular varieties 'English' and 'American' boxwood. [9] Other plants within the family Buxaceae , such as Pachysandra terminalis , as well as a Sarcococca species, have also found to be susceptible to this ...