Details for: NA 84876, Buxus sempervirens L., NA 84876


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Buxus sempervirens L.
Top Name:
NA 84876
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Dec 2017
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Buxus sempervirens L.
Top Name:
NA 84876
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Dec 2017
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 84876
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Buxus sempervirens. According to Anisko in his book Plant Exploration for Longwood Gardens (page 197), boxwood are not considered to be native to the part of Georgia where this accession was collected, but were planted there starting in the "remote past", being considered sacred there since antiquity. Form received: rooted cutting.
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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