Pachysandra
Sign in to savePachysandra is a genus of five species of evergreen perennials or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family Buxaceae. The species are native to eastern Asia and southeast North America, some reaching a height of , with only weakly woody stems. The leaves are alternate, leathery, with a coarsely toothed margin, and are typically long. The small uni-sexual blooms are greenish-white and produced in late spring or early summer.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBuxales
- FamilyBuxaceae
Native toAlabama, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Florida, Georgia, Japan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Sakhalin
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Research
73 papers- Pachysandra Species: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Synthetic Advance-A Mini-Review.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2025
- Antiprotozoal Aminosteroids from Pachysandra terminalis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Synthesis, biological activities and mechanistic studies of C(20)-ketone pachysandra alkaloids as anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents.Molecular diversity · 2025
- Two new pregnane alkaloids from Pachysandra terminalis Sieb. et Zucc.Natural product research · 2021
- Polyhydroxyalkanes from Pachysandra terminalis Sieb. et Zucc.Natural product research · 2026
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- Etymology
- Species
- Cultivation and uses
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Pachysandra is a genus of five species of evergreen perennials or subshrubs, belonging to the boxwood family Buxaceae. The species are native to eastern Asia and southeast North America, some reaching a height of , with only weakly woody stems. The leaves are alternate, leathery, with a coarsely toothed margin, and are typically long. The small uni-sexual blooms are greenish-white and produced in late spring or early summer.
thumb|Variegated Jade among Pachysandra. Pachysandra is often used as a ground cover.