Biology:Buxus colchica

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Buxus colchica
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Buxus colchica, Sataplia Nature Park, Georgia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Buxales
Family: Buxaceae
Genus: Buxus
Species:
B. colchica
Binomial name
Buxus colchica
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Buxus colchica (syn. B. hyrcana) is a species of Buxus native to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia , and Turkey. It is threatened by habitat loss[1] and defoliation by the caterpillars of an introduced moth species, Cydalima perspectalis.[2]

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, very closely related to Buxus sempervirens, and commonly treated as a synonym of it.[3][4] It does not differ from B. sempervirens in any visible character.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1640109 entry