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Sarcococca
Sign in to saveSarcococca, nicknamed sweet box or Christmas box, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Buxaceae. native to eastern and southeastern Asia, and the Himalayas, with one species native to Central America. They are slow-growing, monoecious, evergreen shrubs tall. The leaves are borne alternately, 3–12 cm long and 1–4 cm broad.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 22 inbound references to Sarcococca, and connects out to Eudicots, Mexico and Guatemala.
It is catalogued under topics including Eudicot genera and Sarcococca.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBuxales
- FamilyBuxaceae
General: cultivated temperate genera include Buxus, Sarcococca and Pachysandra Inflorescence: erect with apical staminate flowers (Sarcococca Appearance: . Sarcococca: Shrubs. Small trees. Leaves alternate Fruit: Fruits capsules (Buxus), drupe-like (Sarcococca
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 167
- With media
- 125
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, MEL, MICH, MO, CAS, NHA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, United States, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Sarcococca
- taxon name
- Sarcococca
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Sarcococca
- chromosome count
- 28
- taxon common name
- 清香桂属
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