Buxus colchica | |
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Buxus colchica, Sataplia Nature Park, Georgia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Buxales |
Family: | Buxaceae |
Genus: | Buxus |
Species: | B. colchica |
Binomial name | |
Buxus colchica |
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]
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