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Buxaceae

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Buxaceae

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Buxales
Buxaceae

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Buxaceae

Shrubs or trees, rarely herbs. Lvs alternate or opposite, simple, exstipulate. Fls usually unisexual, rarely ☿, actinomorphic, usually in bracteate spikes, racemes or axillary clusters, rarely solitary. Calyx segments 4-(6), usually united at base. Petals 0. Stamens usually 4 or 6, rarely numerous; filament long or ± 0; anthers 2-locular. Ovary superior, usually 3-locular; styles usually 3, united or free; ovules 1-2 per loculus, pendulous. Fr. a loculicidal capsule or a drupe. Embryo straight; endosperm present.

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Buxaceae
Buxaceae
Connor, H.E. (1977)
Buxaceae
Buxaceae
Buxaceae
Cronquist, A. (1988)
Buxaceae
Euphorbiales
Buxaceae
Buxaceae
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Buxaceae
Buxales Reveal
Buxaceae
Buxaceae
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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1 January 2000
2 August 2011
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