Family · Other eudicots

Buxaceae

Boxwoods

Boxwood family: evergreen shrubs and trees with simple opposite leaves and small unisexual flowers; widely used as hedging.

Accepted species: 129accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera: 6accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈85 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Buxus (boxwood)
Pachysandra
Sarcococca (sweet box)

Genera

Buxus101 spp.
Sarcococca15 spp.
Styloceras6 spp.
Didymeles3 spp.
Pachysandra3 spp.
Haptanthus1 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America54
Asia-Temperate36
Africa24
Asia-Tropical23
Northern America7
Europe2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Buxaceae sits in the order Buxales.