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vahlii

Taxon

Buxus vahlii Baill.

Protologue Monogr. Buxacées Stylocérées 67. 1859IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE • Endangered
Buxus vahlii--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 8 Apr 03. 236.jpg

Buxus vahlii--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 8 Apr 03. 236.jpg

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Buxus vahlii--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 8 Apr 03. 234.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Buxus vahlii--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 8 Apr 03. 240.jpg

Buxus vahlii--FL. Fairchild Trop. Gard. 8 Apr 03. 240.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Leeward Is., Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Garden no. 91490A

April 8, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County (Coral Gables, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden)

25.676781, -80.272034

Location Remarks

10901 Old Cutler Rd., Coral Gables

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Buxales

Family

Buxaceae

Genus

Buxus

Specific Epithet

vahlii

Authorship

Baill.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 10.4

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

EDGE List

Threat status

Endangered

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

4.7

Global rank

#3,649 of 335,497

Top 2%

Extinction probability

49%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →