Details for: NA 68218, Buxus sempervirens L., Al 035


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Buxus sempervirens L.
Top Name:
Al 035
Origin:
Collected – Albania
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1996
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Buxus sempervirens L.
Top Name:
Al 035
Origin:
Collected – Albania
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Sep 1996
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
25 August 1996.
Albania
Locality: Kampi I Llogora, Camp of Llogora, Llogora National Park.
Coordinates: 40.2144, 19.5769 (Map it)
Elevation: 910m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Environment description: Companion plants Rubus, Rosa, Pinus. Numerous, forming large clusters.
Comment: Flowers and fruits present. Seeds collected from many plants.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Al 035
Type: Collector identifier

NA 68218
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

NGRL 165
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Shrubs large, 2-2.5m tall, approx. 1 m wide. numerous leaves forming large clusters. Leaves 2cm long x 1 cm wide. Top surface dark green, lower lighter. Strong light colored wood used locally for making pipes, spoons, tools.
Buxus sempervirens L.
Genus:
Buxus
Family:
Buxaceae
Nomen number:

8212
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:983. 1753
Verified:
09/09/1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Buxus sempervirens L. f. sempervirens
Buxus sempervirens L. var. sempervirens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Buxus colchica Pojark.
Buxus hyrcana Pojark.
Buxus myrtifolia Lam.
Buxus sempervirens L. f. myrtifolia (Lam.) C. K. Schneid.
Buxus sempervirens L. f. pendula (Dallim.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens L. f. prostrata (Bean) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens L. var. myrtifolia (Lam.) Sweet
Buxus sempervirens L. var. pendula Dallim.
Buxus sempervirens L. var. prostrata Bean

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbox  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishboxtree  1Batdorf, L. R. 2004. Boxwood: An illustrated encyclopedia
Englishboxwood  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishboxwoodtree  1Batdorf, L. R. 2004. Boxwood: An illustrated encyclopedia
EnglishCaucasian boxwood  1Batdorf, L. R. 2004. Boxwood: An illustrated encyclopedia
Englishcommon box  1Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Englishcommon boxwood  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
EnglishEuropean box  1Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
EnglishFrench boxwood  1Batdorf, L. R. 2004. Boxwood: An illustrated encyclopedia
EnglishPersian boxwood  1Batdorf, L. R. 2004. Boxwood: An illustrated encyclopedia
EnglishTurkish boxwood  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Portuguese (Brazil)árvore-da-caixa  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)buxinho  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)buxo  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishbuxbom  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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