Buxus linearifolia M.Cheng

Species

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Characteristics

Shrubs small, ca. 1 m tall; branchlets terete, grayish white; young branches tetragonous, ca. 1 mm in diam., sparsely pubescent; internodes 4-6 mm. Petiole not obvious; leaf blade densely linear or rarely linear-lanceolate, 15-25 × 3-5 mm, thinly leathery, puberulent abaxially, base cuneate, apex obtuse, tip retuse; adaxial midrib elevated, abaxially slightly plane, lateral veins visible adaxially, obscure abaxially. Inflorescence axillary and terminal, capitate; rachis ca. 4 mm; bracts numerous, densely imbricate, ovate, mucronate. Male flowers 4; pedicels ca. 0.8 mm; tepals broadly ovate, ca. 2 mm; outer tepals recurved; sterile pistil with slender gynophore, apex inflated, ca. 1.4 mm. Female flowers: ovary and style equal in length, glabrous; style compressed and wide, slightly curved; stigma decurrent to middle part of style. Mature capsule not seen. Fl. Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Distribution

Buxus linearifolia world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128668-1
WFO ID wfo-0000576534
COL ID NZCQ
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Synonyms

Buxus linearifolia