BUXACEAE

Contains 1 genera and 1 accepted taxa overall.

This family is completely databased for all specimens.

Characteristics
BUXACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
BUXALES
BUXACEAE
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Genera
Genus Common Name Taxa Count Herbarium Specimens Photos
Pachysandra PACHYSANDRA 1
Identification Key
1.  Shrubs to small trees, 1-5 m tall, not clonal; leaves opposite or subopposite, the blade margins entire; tepals of pistillate flowers 5-6; seeds 2 per locule
1.  Herbs to subshrubs, 10-40 cm tall, clonal; leaves alternate, the blade margins toothed; tepals of pistillate flowers usually 4; seeds 1 per locule
1.  (Buxus key) Staminate ovary half as long or less than the inner sepals
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1.  Staminate ovary two-thirds as long as to subequal to the inner sepals
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2.  Leaves 3-4 times as long as wide
2.  Leaves 2-3 times as long as wide
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3.  Stem and petiole usually persistently whitish-pubescent; leaves 15-30(40) mm long, blade upper surface dark green and strongly lustrous; inflorescence 4-6 mm wide, the bracteoles ovate and acute-tipped; staminate flowers sessile; anthers 1-2 mm long; fruiting style 2-5 mm long, <1/2 as long as fruit
3.  Stem and petiole usually glabrous to glabrate; leaves 25-40(45) mm long, blade upper surface green and moderately lustrous; inflorescence 8-12 mm wide, the bracteoles suborbicular and obtuse-itpped; staminate flowers pedicellate; anthers 2-5 mm long; fruiting style 5-7 mm long, revolute at tips, 2/3 to subequal to fruit
4.  Stems and petioles pubescent; leaf blade oblanceolate or narrowly spathulate, mostly widest above the middle, rarely obovate or narrowly lanceolate staminate flowers pedicellate
4.  Stems and petioles glabrate to pubescent; leaf blades ovate, ovate-oblong, to oblong, generally widest below the middle, rarely lanceolate, oblanceolate, or obovate; staminate flowers sessile
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5.  Stems and petioles glabrous or glabrate
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5.  Stems and petioles pubescent
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6.  Densely branched, branches slender; leaf blades subcoriaceous, oblanceolate, rarely obovate or lanceolate
6.  Sparsely branched, branches thick; leaf blades coriaceous, ovate or ovate-elliptic, rarely obovate or lanceolate
7.  Leaves 1.3-5 cm. long, the lateral nerves distinct above, the margin slightly revolute
7.  Leaves scarcely more than 2 cm long, the lateral nerves on both sides obsolete, the margin strongly revolute