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The genus Buxus is in the family Buxaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Buxus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Buxus acuminata Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus acunae Borhidi & O.Muñiz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus acutata Friis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus aneura Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus arborea Proctor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus austroyunnanensis Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus bahamensis Baker	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus balearica Lam.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus baracoensis Borhidi & O.Muñiz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus bartlettii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus benguellensis Gilg	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Buxus bissei Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus bodinieri H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus braimbridgeorum Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus brevipes Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus calcarea G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus californica Baill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus capuronii G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus chaoanensis H.G.Ye	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus cipolinica Lowry & G.E.Schatz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus citrifolia (Willd.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus cochinchinensis Pierre ex Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus conzattii Standl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus cordata (Radcl.-Sm.) Friis	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus crassifolia (Britton) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus cubana Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus dioica Forssk.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus ekmanii Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus excisa Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus flaviramea (Britton) Mathou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus foliosa Urb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Buxus fortunei Carruth.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus glomerata Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus gonoclada (C.Wright) Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus hainanensis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus harlandii Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus hebecarpa Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus henryi Mayr	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Buxus heterophylla Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus hildebrandtii Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus historica Borhidi & O.Muñiz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus holttumiana Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus humbertii G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus ichagensis Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus imbricata Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus itremoensis G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus jaucoensis Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus laevigata Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus lancifolia Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus latistyla Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus leivae Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus leonii (Britton) Mathou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus linearifolia M.Cheng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus lisowskii Bamps & Malaisse	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus liukiuensis (Makino) Makino	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus loheri Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus macowanii Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus macrocarpa Capuron	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus macrophylla (Britton) Fawc. & Rendle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus madagascarica Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus malayana Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus marginalis (Britton) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus megistophylla H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus mexicana Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus microphylla Siebold & Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Buxus moana Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus moctezumae Eg.Köhler, R.Fernald & Zamudio	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus mollicula W.W.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus monticola G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus moratii G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus muelleriana Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus myrica H.Lév.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus natalensis (Oliv.) Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus nyasica Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus obovata Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus obtusifolia (Mildbr.) Hutch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus olivacea Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pachyphylla Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus papillosa C.K.Schneid.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pilosula Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus portoricensis Alain	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pseudaneura Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pubescens Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pubifolia Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pubiramea Merr. & Chun	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus pulchella Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus purdieana Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus rabenantoandroi G.E.Schatz & Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus retusa Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus revoluta (Britton) Mathou	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus rheedioides Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus rivularis Merr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus rolfei S.Vidal	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus rugulosa Hatus.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2
Buxus rupicola Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus sclerophylla Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus sempervirens L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Buxus serpentinicola Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus shaferi (Britton) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus sinica (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) M.Cheng	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	3
Buxus stenophylla Hance	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus subcolumnaris Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus triptera Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus vaccinioides (Britton) Urb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus vahlii Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus wallichiana Baill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus wrightii Müll.Arg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Buxus yunquensis Eg.Köhler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 191 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Buxus. Of these 104 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 63 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Buxus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 191 species names for the genus Buxus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	104	54.5%
◕	Synonym	66	34.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	21	11.0%

All names

The status of the 254 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Buxus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	112	44.1%
◕	Synonym	121	47.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	21	8.3%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 3 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 191 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Buxus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	4	0	0	4	2.1%
	Medium confidence	94	57	0	0	151	79.1%
	Low confidence	10	5	0	21	36	18.8%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Buxus is as follows: