| Taxon | Paxistima myrsinites |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Celastraceae |
| Family common name(s) | staff-tree; stafftree; staff-trees; burning bush; bittersweet |
| Genus common name(s) | paxistima; pachistima; pachystima; pachistma; mountain-lover; mountain lover; mountainlover; mtn lover |
| Species common name(s) | myrtle paxistima; myrtle pachistima; myrtle pachystima; myrtle boxwood; Oregon paxistima; Oregon boxwood; Oregon box-wood; Oregon box-bush; Oregon box-leaf; Oregon boxleaf; Oregon box; Oregon mountain-lover; Oregon mountain lover; western mountain-lover; western mountain lover; mountain boxwood; mountain-box myrtle-bush; mountain box myrtle bush; box-leaf myrtle; box leaf myrtle; boxleaf myrtle; myrtle box-leaf; myrtle box leaf; myrtle boxleaf; myrtle-boxleaf |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | false-box, falsebox, false box are applied to multiple Celastraceae taxa; mountain box, box, bittersweet, bitter-sweet are applied to taxa in multiple families |
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| Notes | Oregon is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Pachystima myrsinites (Pursh) Raf. |
