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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Buxaceae |accepted_authority=Dumortier |publications= |common_names=Boxwood Family |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Buxaceae |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Buxaceae]]</div></div> |volume=Volume 10 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="herb duration;shrub reproduction;shrub growth form or habitat;shrub architecture;shrub growth form;shrub growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, shrubs, or subshrubs [trees], monoecious [dioecious or flowers bisexual], terrestrial, unarmed, clonal or not.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect and ascending.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, opposite, subopposite, or alternate, simple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="">stipules absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="stipule presence;stipule architecture">petiolate [sessile];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade texture;margin architecture or shape;margin architecture or shape">blade leathery, margins entire or dentate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;raceme architecture or shape;raceme arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, spikes, racemes, or capitate clusters;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracts and/or bracteoles often present, subtending flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual [bisexual], staminate and pistillate on same plant, sessile or pedicellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="perianth position;androecium position">perianth and androecium hypogynous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="tepal quantity;tepal quantity;tepal quantity;tepal quantity;tepal fusion">tepals 2, 4, 5, or 6, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="petal presence">petals absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;stamen atypical quantity;stamen fusion;stamen fusion"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: stamens 4 [6], antitepalous, free, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="flower architecture;filament size or width">filaments thickened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="flower architecture;anther prominence;anther coloration">anthers conspicuous, often red;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="flower architecture;pistillode presence;pistillode presence">pistillode present or absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="flower architecture;pistil architecture;pistil architecture;pistil fusion;pistil fusion"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: pistils [1 or] 2-carpellate or 3 (or 4) -carpellate, basally connate, apically distinct and grading into styles;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary position;locule quantity">ovary superior, locules 1 or 2 times carpels;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="flower architecture;flower placentation">placentation axile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="flower architecture;style variability;style shape;style arrangement;style arrangement;style arrangement;style orientation;style structure in adjective form">styles equal to number of carpels, subulate, divergent to divaricate, often recurved in fruit, stigmatic along inner surface;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s20" data-properties="flower architecture;interstylar nectary presence;interstylar nectary presence">interstylar nectaries present or absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s21" data-properties="flower architecture;ovule quantity;ovule quantity;ovule orientation;ovule orientation;ovule architecture;ovule architecture">ovules 1 or 2 per locule, pendulous, anatropous, bitegmic, crassinucellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s22" data-properties="fruit dehiscence;capsule dehiscence;berry dehiscence;seed dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsules or berries, circumscissile near base or loculicidally dehiscent and forcibly ejecting seeds.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s23" data-properties="seed coloration;seed coloration;seed reflectance;seed architecture;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>brown or black, shiny, carunculate or not;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s24" data-properties="endosperm texture">endosperm fleshy.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;nearly worldwide |discussion=<p>Genera 7, species ca. 120 (2 genera, 3 species in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Shrubs, not clonal; leaves opposite or subopposite; tepals of pistillate flowers 5 or 6; seeds 2 per locule. |[[Buxus|Buxus]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Herbs or subshrubs, clonal; leaves alternate; tepals of pistillate flowers usually 4; seeds 1 per locule. |[[Pachysandra|Pachysandra]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Buxaceae |author=David E. Boufford |authority=Dumortier |rank=family |parent rank= |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Buxaceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;n South America;Europe;Asia;Africa;nearly worldwide |reference=None |publication title= |publication year= |special status= |source xml= |androecium position=hypogynous |anther coloration=red |anther prominence=conspicuous |berry dehiscence=circumscissile |blade texture=leathery |bracteole presence=absent |capsule dehiscence=circumscissile |endosperm texture=fleshy |filament size or width=thickened |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;staminate;staminate;pedicellate;sessile;pistillate;staminate |flower placentation=axile |flower reproduction=unisexual |fruit dehiscence=circumscissile |herb duration=perennial |inflorescence position=axillary;terminal |interstylar nectary presence=absent;absent |leaf architecture=simple |leaf arrangement=alternate;subopposite;alternate;subopposite;opposite |leaf duration=persistent |locule quantity=1 |margin architecture or shape=dentate;entire |ovary position=superior |ovule architecture=crassinucellate;bitegmic |ovule orientation=anatropous;pendulous |ovule quantity=2;1 |perianth position=hypogynous |petal presence=absent |pistil architecture=3-carpellate;2-carpellate |pistil fusion=distinct;connate |pistillode presence=absent;absent |raceme architecture or shape=capitate |raceme arrangement=cluster |seed architecture=not;carunculate |seed coloration=black;brown |seed dehiscence=dehiscent |seed reflectance=shiny |shrub architecture=unarmed |shrub growth form=not;clonal |shrub growth form or habitat=terrestrial |shrub reproduction=monoecious |stamen atypical quantity=6 |stamen fusion=distinct;free |stamen quantity=4 |stem orientation=ascending;erect |stipule architecture=petiolate |stipule presence=absent |style arrangement=divergent;divaricate |style orientation=recurved |style shape=subulate |style structure in adjective form=stigmatic |style variability=equal |tepal fusion=distinct |tepal quantity=6;5;4;2 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]] Templates used on this page: Buxaceae Illustrations (view source) Template:Buxaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Return to Buxaceae.