Boxwood-like
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Common boxwood ( Buxus sempervirens ), illustration. |
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Takht. ex Reveal |
The boxwood-like (Buxales) are an order within the flowering plants (Magnoliopsida). They occupy a basal position within the eudicotyledons .
description
They are woody or herbaceous plants . The leaves are entire. The flowers are unisexual, the species either monoecious ( monocyte ) or dioecious ( diocyte ) separately sexed. Otherwise the group is quite heterogeneous.
Systematics
Only two families belong to the boxwood order :
- Box trees (Buxaceae), including Didymeles
- Haptanthaceae
Individual evidence
- ^ The order of the Buxales on the AP website , accessed December 28, 2009.
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group : An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 161, No. 2, 2009, pp. 105-121, DOI: 10.1111 / j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x .
Web links
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