Details for: WLP 732, Buxus sempervirens L., ME2015-003


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Buxus sempervirens L.
Top Name:
ME2015-003
Origin:
Collected – Ajaria, Georgia
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 2015
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
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Seed30 countThese seeds have been tested and are no longer viable. WLP 732 2015w01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Buxus sempervirens L.
Top Name:
ME2015-003
Origin:
Collected – Ajaria, Georgia
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 2015
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
20 August 2015.
Ajaria, Georgia
Locality: Autonomous Republic of Adjara: Batumi administrative area: Mtsvane Kontskhi (Green Cape).
Coordinates: 41.6910, 41.7063 (Map it)
Elevation: 37m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Well-preserved deciduous (Colchis) woodland. Slope: 0 to 7 percent. Aspect: West.
Number of plants sampled: 27
Associated species: Fagus orientalis; Carpinus betulus (listed as C. caucasica); Rhododendron ponticum; Cardamine bulbifera (listed as Dentaria bulbifera); Pachyphragma macropyyllum.
Comment: Evergreen shrub to 5 m tall. Seed collected from 27 individuals. 3000 seeds and one herbarium voucher collected.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
ME2015-003
Type: Collector identifier

NA 82798
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Received as Buxus colchica.
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)
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 04 Jun 2021, from Buxus spp. to Buxus sempervirens L.
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Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 82798 to WLP 732. 04 Jun 2021.
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