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Internal ID UUID64400e5db3d44989364686
Scientific name Buxus macowanii
Authority Oliv.
First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1518 (1886)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Buxella macowanii (Oliv.) Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 8, 5: 326 (1897)
Notobuxus macowanii (Oliv.) E.Phillips J. S. African Bot. 9: 140 (1943)

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Language Common/alternative name
English cape box
Afrikaans afrikaanse buksboom
Afrikaans buig-my-nie
Arabic شمشاد ماكواني

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  • Africa
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces

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World Flora Online wfo-0000576540
Tropicos 4900027
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:340299-1
The Plant List kew-2687926
PaleoBotany 72190
Open Tree Of Life 1098661
NCBI Taxonomy 153570
IUCN Red List 61987844
IPNI 340299-1
iNaturalist 581597
GBIF 3988135
Wikipedia Buxus_macowanii

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Antibacterial activity of medicinal plants in Indonesia on Streptococcus pneumoniae Tafroji W, Margyaningsih NI, Khoeri MM, Paramaiswari WT, Winarti Y, Salsabila K, Putri HF, Siregar NC, Soebandrio A, Safari D PLoS One 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9469987
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274174
PMID:36099236
Disruption of microbial cell morphology by Buxus macowanii Ngobeni B, Mashele SS, Malebo NJ, van der Watt E, Manduna IT BMC Complement Med Ther 31-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7457497
doi:10.1186/s12906-020-03049-5
PMID:32867768

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