ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Buxus sempervirens

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

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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 angustifoliaMill.
Buxus arborescensMill.
Buxus arborescens var. angustifolia(Mill.) Weston
Buxus arborescens var. argenteovariegataWeston
Buxus arborescens var. aureolimboWeston
Buxus arborescens var. aureovariegataWeston
Buxus argenteaSteud.
Buxus aureaSteud.
Buxus caucasicaK.Koch
Buxus colchicaPojark.
Buxus crispaK.Koch
Buxus cucullataK.Koch
Buxus elegantissimaK.Koch
Buxus fruticosaBorkh.
Buxus handsworthiiK.Koch
Buxus handworthiiHort. ex Dippel
Buxus hyrcanaPojark.
Buxus macrophyllaHort. ex Dippel
Buxus marginataSteud.
Buxus mucronataBaill.
Buxus myrtifoliaLam.
Buxus pliocenicaSaporta & Marion
Buxus rosmarinifoliaBaill.
Buxus salicifoliaK.Koch
Buxus sempervirens f. angustifolia(Mill.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. argenteovariegata(Weston) Schelle
Buxus sempervirens f. aureovariegata(Weston) Schelle
Buxus sempervirens f. bullata(G.Kirchn.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. glauca(G.Kirchn.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. handsworthiensis(Dallim.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. latifoliaSennen & Elías
Buxus sempervirens f. longifoliaG.Kirchn.
Buxus sempervirens f. macrocarpaSennen
Buxus sempervirens f. marginata(Loudon) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. microrrhinaCuatrec.
Buxus sempervirens f. myrtifolia(Lam.) C.K.Schneid.
Buxus sempervirens f. pendula(C.Pynaert) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. prostrata(Dallim.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. pyramidalis(Simon-Louis) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens f. rotundifolia(Baill.) Schelle
Buxus sempervirens f. suffruticosa(L.) Rehder
Buxus sempervirens subsp. hyrcana(Pojark.) Takht.
Buxus sempervirens unranked latifoliaHort. ex Rehder
Buxus sempervirens unranked pyramidalisSimon-Louis
Buxus sempervirens var. angustifoliaLoudon
Buxus sempervirens var. angustifolia(Mill.) Gray
Buxus sempervirens var. arborescensL.
Buxus sempervirens var. bullataG.Kirchn.
Buxus sempervirens var. emarginataSennen
Buxus sempervirens var. fruticosaGaudin

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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