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BUXACEAE Dumort.
Family composed by 5 genera and some 120 species of shrubs (rarely trees or herbs), of cosmopolitan distribution. In North Africa it is represented by the genus Buxus.
Balthazar, M. von & Endress, P.K. 2002. Reproductive structures and systematics of Buxaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 140:193-228
Mathou, T. 1940. Recherche sur la famille des Buxacées. Toulouse. Douladoure.
Updated by: H. Sainz & J. Charco.