PLANTS Profile for Buxus vahlii (Vahl's box)

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Buxus vahlii Baill.
Vahl's box

Symbol:

BUVA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Buxaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

PR		N
VI		N

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Buxus vahlii Baill.

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Synonyms:
Buxus vahlii Baill.

TRVA3

Tricera vahlii (Baill.) Britton

Distribution:
Buxus vahlii Baill.


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Buxus vahlii Baill.

View 2 genera in Buxaceae, 7 species in Buxus

Classification:
Buxus vahlii Baill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Euphorbiales
Family	Buxaceae – Boxwood family
Genus	Buxus L. – boxwood
Species	Buxus vahlii Baill. – Vahl's box

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Buxus vahlii Baill.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
Vahl's boxwood		Endangered
Puerto Rico:
		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Buxus vahlii Baill.

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 28025.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 03:11 PM MDT