Buxus sempervirens

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Species Distribution Map
Family:BUXACEAE
Species:Buxus sempervirens L.
Common Name:Boxwood
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:This species was first collected as a naturalized element of the Alabama flora in 2009 by A. Diamond in Geneva County. (Phytoneuron 201-47: 1-13).
Status:Not Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyBUXACEAE - Boxwood family
Genus Buxus
Species Buxus sempervirens L. - Boxwood

Citation

Citation Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 983. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: "Habitat in Europae australis.", Clayton 441. (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Fosberg in Boxwood Bull. 13(2) : 19, f. 1. 1973.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Cleburne, Escambia, Geneva, St. Clair

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, JSU, TROY, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UWAL0015202 Escambia 28 Dec 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23620		 UWAL
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
UWAL0008284 Geneva 01 Jan 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20485		 UWAL
Buxus sempervirens L.
TROY000020890 Geneva 01 Jan 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20485		 TROY
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
UWAL0054153 Cleburne 28 Mar 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16843		 UWAL
Buxus sempervirens L.
AMAL00023760 Bullock 01 Jun 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
3206		 AMAL
Buxus sempervirens L.
TROY000048338 Autauga 06 Feb 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1511		 TROY
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
TROY000036490 Escambia 28 Dec 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23620		 TROY
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
UWAL0015856 Barbour 26 Jan 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24757		 UWAL
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
UWAL0046062 Autauga 06 Feb 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1511		 UWAL
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
UWAL0012421 Bullock 21 Feb 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1521		 UWAL
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
ALNHS00004925 Bullock 01 Jun 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3206		 ALNHS
Buxus sempervirens L.
JSU118549 St. Clair 26 Mar 1984 Beavers, Donna D.
s.n.		 JSU
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
TROY000038887 Barbour 26 Jan 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24757		 TROY
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus
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