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Buxus sempervirens (Common box)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Buxales > Family: Buxaceae > Genus: Buxus

Buxus sempervirens (Common box)

Buxus sempervirens, Vienna Botanical Gardens, Austria. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Distribution and habitat

Native to Europe, extending through to Turkey. Cultivated in southern Africa.

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