Interesting Facts
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 6-12" tall.
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Hamamelididae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Buxanae
()
- (Engl., 1898) Takhtajan, 1997 Ex Reveal & Doweld, 1999
- Order:
Buxales
()
- (Engl., 1898) Takhtajan ex Reveal, 1996
- Family:
Buxaceae
()
- Dumortier, 1822
- Tribe:
Pachysandreae
()
- Genus:
Pachysandra
()
- A. Michaux, 1803
- Specific epithet:
axillaris
- Franch.
- Form:
for a flora of the island, based on a study of the
- Botanical name: - Pachysandra axillaris Franch.
- Form:
for a flora of the island, based on a study of the
- Specific epithet:
axillaris
- Franch.
- Genus:
Pachysandra
(
- Tribe:
Pachysandreae
(
- Family:
Buxaceae
(
- Order:
Buxales
(
- Superorder:
Buxanae
(
- Subclass:
Hamamelididae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Franch. Publication : Pl. Delavay. (1889) 135, t. 26.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pachysandra
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
P. procumbens (Alleghany Pachysandra) · P. terminalis (Japanese Pachysandra) · P. terminalis 'Green Carpet' (Green Carpet Japanese Pachysandra) · P. terminalis 'Green Sheen' (Green Sheen Japanese Spurge) · P. terminalis 'Variegata' (Japanese Spurge)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1915 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 74.
- Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam: or, Icones of the plants of Formosa, and materials for a flora of the island, based on a study of the collections of the Botanical survey of the Government of Formosa / By B. Hayata. .. Taihoku: Bureau of Productive Industry, Government of Formosa, 1911-1921. url p. 171.
- Plantae Wilsonianae; an enumeration of the woody plants collected in western China for the Arnold arboretum of Harvard university during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910, by E. H. Wilson, ed. by Charles Sprague Sargent. Cambridge, University Press, 1913-17. url p. 164, p. 535, p. 625, p. 649.
- Sargent, C. S. Plantae Wilsonianae: an enumeration of the woody plants collected in western China for the Arnold arboretum of Harvard university during the years 1907, 1908, and 1910 /by E. H. Wilson, ed. by Charles Sprague Sargent. 2 1916 Cambridge: The University press, 1913-17. url p. 164, p. 535, p. 625, p. 649.
- The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 189.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 26 1889-90 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 419, p. 497.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5865479
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15291800
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:353204-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 353204-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 877846
