ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Buxus sempervirens

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Buxaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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01 / PLACE IN THE PLANT WORLD

Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Buxales
Family: Buxaceae
Genus: Buxus
Species: Buxus sempervirens
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

02 / CONNECT THE NAMES

Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Buxus sempervirens. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Buxus angustifoliaName author: Mill.
Buxus arborescensName author: Mill.
Buxus arborescens var. angustifoliaName author: (Mill.) Weston
Buxus arborescens var. argenteovariegataName author: Weston
Buxus arborescens var. aureolimboName author: Weston
Buxus arborescens var. aureovariegataName author: Weston
Buxus argenteaName author: Steud.
Buxus aureaName author: Steud.
Buxus caucasicaName author: K.Koch
Buxus colchicaName author: Pojark.
Buxus crispaName author: K.Koch
Buxus cucullataName author: K.Koch
Buxus elegantissimaName author: K.Koch
Buxus fruticosaName author: Borkh.
Buxus handsworthiiName author: K.Koch
Buxus handworthiiName author: Hort. ex Dippel
Buxus hyrcanaName author: Pojark.
Buxus macrophyllaName author: Hort. ex Dippel
Buxus marginataName author: Steud.
Buxus mucronataName author: Baill.
Buxus myrtifoliaName author: Lam.
Buxus pliocenicaName author: Saporta & Marion
Buxus rosmarinifoliaName author: Baill.
Buxus salicifoliaName author: K.Koch
Buxus sempervirens f. angustifoliaName author: (Mill.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. argenteovariegataName author: (Weston) Schelle
Buxus sempervirens f. aureovariegataName author: (Weston) Schelle
Buxus sempervirens f. bullataName author: (G.Kirchn.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. glaucaName author: (G.Kirchn.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. handsworthiensisName author: (Dallim.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. latifoliaName author: Sennen & Elías
Buxus sempervirens f. longifoliaName author: G.Kirchn.
Buxus sempervirens f. macrocarpaName author: Sennen
Buxus sempervirens f. marginataName author: (Loudon) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. microrrhinaName author: Cuatrec.
Buxus sempervirens f. myrtifoliaName author: (Lam.) C.K.Schneid.
Buxus sempervirens f. pendulaName author: (C.Pynaert) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. prostrataName author: (Dallim.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. pyramidalisName author: (Simon-Louis) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. rotundifoliaName author: (Baill.) Schelle
Buxus sempervirens f. suffruticosaName author: (L.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens subsp. hyrcanaName author: (Pojark.) Takht.
Buxus sempervirens unranked latifoliaName author: Hort. ex Rehder
Buxus sempervirens unranked pyramidalisName author: Simon-Louis
Buxus sempervirens var. angustifoliaName author: Loudon
Buxus sempervirens var. angustifoliaName author: (Mill.) Gray
Buxus sempervirens var. arborescensName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Buxus sempervirens var. bullataName author: G.Kirchn.
Buxus sempervirens var. emarginataName author: Sennen
Buxus sempervirens var. fruticosaName author: Gaudin

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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