hollies
Ilex
Ilex () or holly is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. Ilex has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones worldwide.
The type species is Ilex aquifolium, the common European holly used in Christmas decorations and cards. Aside, other hollies are desired for other purposes, like yerba mate and yaupon for the beverage made from their leaves.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ilex sect. Ilex
sectionIlex
Ilex sect. Cassinoides
sectionCassinoides
Ilex sect. Prinos
sectionPrinos
Repandae
sectionRepandae
Ilex sect. Prinoides
sectionPrinoides
Ilex sect. Glabra
sectionGlabra
Mountain holly
speciesIlex mucronata
Ilex sect. Paltoria
sectionPaltoria
Ilex sect. Pseudoprinos
sectionPseudoprinos
Ilex sect. Prinifoliae
sectionPrinifoliae
Ilex sect. Pseudoaquifolium
sectionPseudoaquifolium
Carolina holly
speciesIlex ambigua
Small-leaved holly
speciesIlex canariensis
Ilex sect. Microdontae
sectionMicrodontae
Ilex sect. Lioprinos
sectionLioprinos
Ilex microphylla
speciesIlex microphylla
Ilex sect. Micrococca
sectionMicrococca
Ilex lonicerifolia
speciesIlex lonicerifolia
Ilex guayusa
speciesIlex guayusa
Ilex hayatana
speciesIlex hayatana
Tawnyberry Holly
speciesIlex krugiana
Ilex sect. Indico-malaicae
sectionIndico-malaicae
Swamp Holly
speciesIlex amelanchier
Ilex tugitakayamensis
speciesIlex tugitakayamensis
Ilex arisanensis
speciesIlex arisanensis
Antillean Holly
speciesIlex macfadyenii
Ilex nervosa
speciesIlex nervosa
Ilex socorroensis
speciesIlex socorroensis
Ilex brandegeeana
speciesIlex brandegeeana
Ilex sideroxyloides
speciesIlex sideroxyloides
Ilex lamprophylla
speciesIlex lamprophylla
Ilex mandonii
speciesIlex mandonii
Ilex martiniana
speciesIlex martiniana
Ilex denticulata
speciesIlex denticulata
Cuthbert's Holly
speciesIlex cuthbertii
Sintenis' Holly
speciesIlex obcordata
Ilex sessiliflora
speciesIlex sessiliflora
Ilex karstenii
speciesIlex karstenii
Ilex rarasanensis
speciesIlex rarasanensis
Ilex urbaniana
speciesIlex urbaniana
Ilex kiangsiensis
speciesIlex kiangsiensis
Ilex ovalis
speciesIlex ovalis
Ilex pernervata
speciesIlex pernervata
Ilex tutcheri
speciesIlex tutcheri
Ilex obtusata
speciesIlex obtusata
Ilex danielis
speciesIlex danielis
Ilex andicola
speciesIlex andicola
Ilex skutchii
speciesIlex skutchii
Ilex dioica
speciesIlex dioica
Ilex laureola
speciesIlex laureola
Ilex williamsii
speciesIlex williamsii
Ilex daphnogenea
speciesIlex daphnogenea
Ilex leucoclada
speciesIlex leucoclada
Ilex subficoidea
speciesIlex subficoidea
Ilex jenmanii
speciesIlex jenmanii
Ilex nipponica
speciesIlex nipponica
Ilex vulcanicola
speciesIlex vulcanicola
Ilex boliviana
speciesIlex boliviana
Ilex conocarpa
speciesIlex conocarpa
Ilex hypoglauca
speciesIlex hypoglauca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.42
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1139
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.239
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.21
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.20
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.36
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.101
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.362
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53854.