Buxaceae
Balearic boxwood
Buxus balearica
- Family
- Buxaceae
- Genus
- Buxus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- شمشاد بلياري
- arz
- شمشاد بليارى
- Catalan
- Boix baleàric
- Chinese
- 西班牙黄杨
- English
- Balearic boxwood
- French
- Buis des Baléares, Buis des Baleares
- German
- Balearen-Buchsbaum
- hsb
- Balearski buksowc
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Balearbuksbom
- Russian
- Самшит белеарский
Synonyms
- Buxus balearica var. angustifolia P. Palau
- Buxus haleppica hort. ex K.Koch
- Buxus longifolia Boiss.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.