Buxus colchica

Taxobox


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Buxaceae
genus = "Buxus"
species = "B. colchica"
binomial = "Buxus colchica"
binomial_authority = Pojark.

"Buxus colchica" (syn. "B. hyrcana") is a species of "Buxus" native to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, and Turkey. It is threatened by habitat loss.Firsov, G.A. 1998. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/32177/all "Buxus colchica"] ]

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, very closely related to "Buxus sempervirens", and commonly treated as a synonym of it.Med-Checklist: [http://ww2.bgbm.org/mcl/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=3064&PTRefFk=1273 "Buxus colchica"] ] Botanica Sistematica: [http://luirig.altervista.org/botanica/hypertext/0297.htm "Buxus"] ] It does not differ from "B. sempervirens" in any visible character.J.C.Raulston Arboretum Friends of the Arboretum NewsletterVol. 6, No. 1: [http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/publications/newsletters/16-vol-6-no-1/horticulture/16-vol-6-no-1-horticulture.html Journey to the Nation of Georgia] ]

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