Buxus calcarea

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Buxus calcarea is listed as Endangered.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buxales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Buxales

Familia: Buxaceae
Genus: Buxus
Species: Buxus calcarea

Name

Buxus calcarea G.E.Schatz & Lowry, Adansonia, sér. 3, 24: 183 (2002).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Buxus madagascarica subsp. xerophila H.Perrier, Fl. Madagasc. 113: 4 (1952), without a Latin descr.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Schatz, G.E. & Lowry, P.P. 2002. A synoptic revision of the genus Buxus L. (Buxaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Adansonia sér. 3, 24: 7–19. PDFOpen access Reference page. 

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