Buxus colchica | |
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Buxus colchica, Sataplia Nature Park, Georgia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Buxales |
Family: | Buxaceae |
Genus: | Buxus |
Species: | B. colchica |
Binomial name | |
Buxus colchica Pojark. |
Buxus colchica (syn. B. hyrcana) is a species of Buxus native to Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, and Turkey. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree, very closely related to Buxus sempervirens, and commonly treated as a synonym of it. It does not differ from B. sempervirens in any visible character.