Buxaceae
Buxus
L.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 27
June 2021
Photos
- Buxus loheri Merr.,
PJS 9 c (1914) Bot. 311; EPFP 2 (1923) 464; --Type: Loher 6857
(US, iso), Luzon: Rizal, Montalban, Feb-1905. Endemic to the
Philippines. LUZON: Rizal. Medium elevation forests.
- Buxus pachyphylla
Merr., PJS 9 c (1914) Bot. 310; EPFP 2 (1923) 464; --Type: BS
20828 Escritor (US, iso), Luzon: Quezon, Mt Cadig, near
Guinayangan, 9-Mar-1913. Endemic to the Philippines. LUZON:
Quezon. Primary forests at low and medium elevation. Photos
- Buxus rivularis
Merr., PJS 9 c (1914) Bot. 309; EPFP 2 (1923) 465; --Type: BS
13169 Foxworthy & Ramos (US, iso), Luzon: Quezon,
Guinatacutan (Kinatacutan), on rocks along the river, 75-100m,
Mar-1911. Endemic to the Philippines. LUZON: Quezon. On boulders
along periodically flash-flooding streams, low elevation.
- Buxus rolfei S.Vidal,
Rev. Fl. Vasc. Filip. (1886) 233; --Merr., EPFP 2 (1923) 465;
--Type: Loher 6849. Endemic to the Philippines. LUZON: Bataan,
Pampanga, Quezon, Rizal, MINDANAO: Surigao, PALAWAN, SIBUYAN.
Low and medium elevation primary forests. Photos
Sarcococca
Lindl.
Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser, 27
June 2021
Photos
- Sarcococca philippinensis Stapf ex
Sealy, Hooker's
Icon. Pl. 35 (1947) t. 3471; --Type: Loher 4645,
Philippines. --Sarcococca
saligna auct. non Muell.-Arg.; --Merr., EPFP 2 (1923) 465.
Endemic to the Philippines. LUZON: Mountain Province. Mossy
forests, c. 2000-2700m. The name Sarcococca saligna is been
misapplied to Sarcococca philippinensis in some resources (e.g.,
Hassler 2019).
Literature
Backer, CA & RC Bakhuizen van den Brink. 1965. Flora of Java
1: 646-647.
Hassler M. 2019. World Plants: Synonymic checklists of the
vascular plants of the world (version Nov 2018). In: Roskov, Y, G
Ower G, T Orrell, D Nicolson, N Bailly, PM Kirk, T Bourgoin, RE
DeWalt, W Decock, E van Nieukerken, J Zarucchi, & L Penev
(eds.). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, Annual
checklist.
Sealy, JR. 1986. A revision of the genus Sarcococca
(Buxaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 117-159.
Pelser, P.B., J.F.
Barcelona & D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co's
Digital Flora of the Philippines. www.philippineplants.org
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of the Philippines
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