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Buxaceae
Sign in to saveThe Buxaceae are a small family of six genera and about 123 known species of flowering plants. They are shrubs and small trees, with a cosmopolitan distribution. A seventh genus, sometimes accepted in the past (Notobuxus), has been shown by genetic studies to be included within Buxus (Balthazar et al., 2000).
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Buxaceae is a family of plants within the order Buxales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The family’s type genus is Buxus, and it produces capsules as its fruit type. Synonyms for the family include Didymelaceae and Haptanthaceae. Common names for the group vary by language, including Buchsbaumgewächse, Buxáceas, Puksipuukasvit, and Зеленики.
Records of Buxaceae have been documented in the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Indonesia, and Turkey. These records are held by institutions such as FMNH, MADUG-UG, IGL-UNAM, NY, and BRY. The family is referenced in 492 other encyclopedia articles.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBuxales
- FamilyBuxaceae
屬 黃楊屬(Buxus) 富貴草屬(Pachysandra) 野扇花屬(Sarcococca) 尖苞樹屬('Styloceras) 黄杨科只有4-5个属，共约90-120种，一般都是小型树或灌木，广泛分布在全世界各地，第五个属(Notobuxus)根据基因测定，和黄杨属合并(Balthazar et al., 2000)。 黄杨科被许多分类学家承认为一个独立的科，但有的分类学家将尖苞树属单独列为一科，有的分类学家将旱霸王科（Simmondsiaceae）归入黄杨科。克朗奎斯特分类法将黄杨科列入大戟目。 2003年修订的APG II 分类法确定黄杨科为真双子叶植物分支中一个独立的科，是真双子叶分支中比较原始早期分化出的一支，不属于任何一目，但建议可以和双颊果科合并，AP网建议和双颊果科合并成立一个黄杨目。 参考文献 Balthazar, M. von, Peter K. Endress, P. K., and Qiu, Y.-L. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in Buxaceae based on nuclear internal transcribed spacers and plastid ndhF sequences. Int. J. Plant Sci. 161(5): 785–792 (参见 online)。 外部链接 黄杨科，双颊果科， 尖苞树科 L. Watson 和 M.J. Dallwitz (1992年)。 维基共享资源中相关的多媒体资源：黄杨科 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=黄杨科&oldid=49395252” 分类： 黄杨科 植物科名 黄杨目 隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 145
- With media
- 122
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Collections
- FMNH, MADUG-UG, IGL-UNAM, NY, BRY, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Indonesia, Turkey, Philippines, Peru, Italy
Research
226 papers- Anticholinesterases Traits Inbuilt in Buxaceae Plant Extracts against Alzheimer's Disease.Current neuropharmacology · 2025
- Terpenoid alkaloids of the Buxaceae family with potential biological importance.Natural product reports · 2008
- The complete chloroplast genome of Buxus sinica var. parvifolia (Buxaceae) and its phylogenetic analysis.Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2024
- The Alkaloid-Enriched Fraction of Pachysandra terminalis (Buxaceae) Shows Prominent Activity against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
- Buxus natalensis (Oliv.) Hutch (Buxaceae) Exhibits Its Anticancer Potential by Stimulating ROS Production and Caspase-p53-BCL-2-Dependent Apoptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Prostate Cancer Cell Lines.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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- Buxaceae
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- Buxaceae
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- Category:Buxaceae
- taxon common name
- pušpanovke
- taxon synonym
- Haptanthaceae
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Buxus
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The Buxaceae are a small family of six genera and about 123 known species of flowering plants. They are shrubs and small trees, with a cosmopolitan distribution. A seventh genus, sometimes accepted in the past (Notobuxus), has been shown by genetic studies to be included within Buxus (Balthazar et al., 2000).
The family is recognised by most taxonomists, and it is commonly known as the box family. However, its placement and circumscription has varied; some taxonomists treated Styloceras in its own family Stylocerataceae, Didymeles in its own family Didymelaceae, Haptanthus in Haptanthaceae (now all included in Buxaceae)), and formerly Simmondsia was included, which is not related and now usually placed in its own family Simmondsiaceae.
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