Ilex sect. Ilex
Ilex
Ilex (/ˈaɪlɛks/) 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.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
European holly
speciesIlex aquifolium
Chinese holly
speciesIlex cornuta
Blue Holly
hybridIlex × meserveae
Madeira Holly
speciesIlex perado
Ilex ficoidea
speciesIlex ficoidea
Black Sea Holly
speciesIlex colchica
Highclere Holly
hybridIlex × altaclerensis
Ilex uraiensis
speciesIlex uraiensis
Ilex formosana
speciesIlex formosana
Ilex bioritsensis
speciesIlex bioritsensis
Tsuru Holly
speciesIlex rugosa
Lusterleaf Holly
speciesIlex latifolia
Ilex integra
speciesIlex integra
Ilex cinerea
speciesIlex cinerea
Perny Holly
speciesIlex pernyi
Ilex graciliflora
speciesIlex graciliflora
Ilex dipyrena
speciesIlex dipyrena
Ilex × koehneana
hybridIlex × koehneana
Ilex spinigera
speciesIlex spinigera
Ilex corallina
speciesIlex corallina
Ilex buergeri
speciesIlex buergeri
Ilex warburgii
speciesIlex warburgii
Ilex hylonoma
speciesIlex hylonoma
Ilex mertensii
speciesIlex mertensii
Ilex intricata
speciesIlex intricata
Ilex zhejiangensis
speciesIlex zhejiangensis
Ilex × wandoensis
hybridIlex × wandoensis
Ilex liukiuensis
speciesIlex liukiuensis
Ilex dimorphophylla
speciesIlex dimorphophylla
Ilex fargesii
speciesIlex fargesii
Ilex centrochinensis
speciesIlex centrochinensis
Ilex nanningensis
speciesIlex nanningensis
Ilex suzukii
speciesIlex suzukii
Ilex kaushue
speciesIlex kaushue
Ilex hookeri
speciesIlex hookeri
Ilex matanoana
speciesIlex matanoana
Ilex georgei
speciesIlex georgei
Ilex sikkimensis
speciesIlex sikkimensis
Ilex intermedia
speciesIlex intermedia
Ilex pentagona
speciesIlex pentagona
Ilex confertiflora
speciesIlex confertiflora
Ilex × sanqingshanensis
hybridIlex × sanqingshanensis
Ilex shukunii
speciesIlex shukunii
Ilex perlata
speciesIlex perlata
Ilex subrugosa
speciesIlex subrugosa
Ilex nothofagifolia
speciesIlex nothofagifolia
Ilex wattii
speciesIlex wattii
Ilex cauliflora
speciesIlex cauliflora
Ilex delavayi
speciesIlex delavayi
Ilex perryana
speciesIlex perryana
Ilex fengqingensis
speciesIlex fengqingensis
Ilex guangnanensis
speciesIlex guangnanensis
Ilex × kiusiana
hybridIlex × kiusiana
Ilex subodorata
speciesIlex subodorata
Ilex tetramera
speciesIlex tetramera
Ilex pubifructa
speciesIlex pubifructa
Ilex nubicola
speciesIlex nubicola
Ilex × owariensis
hybridIlex × owariensis
Ilex peiradena
speciesIlex peiradena
Ilex xiaojinensis
speciesIlex xiaojinensis
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 1674205.