Species

Buxus sempervirens

Etymology

Buxus: Latin name for boxwood.
sempervirens: From the Latin semper 'always' and virens 'green', evergreen

Common Name(s)

box

Family

Buxaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BUXSEM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Flower Colours

Green,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1940

Origin

S. and C. Europe, N. Africa, N. Iran

Reason For Introduction
Unknown

This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010