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Ilex oaks
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Ilex oaks

Ilex

Quercus subgenus Cerris is one of the two subgenera into which the genus Quercus was divided in a 2017 classification (the other being subgenus Quercus). It contains about 140 species divided among three sections. It may be called the Old World clade or the mid-latitude clade; all species are native to Eurasia and North Africa.

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40 branches of this group, most-observed first

evergreen oak

complexQuercus ilex

Coccifera

subsectionCoccifera

Banj

speciesQuercus leucotrichophora

Ubame Oak

speciesQuercus phillyreoides

kharsu

speciesQuercus semecarpifolia

Quercus spinosa

speciesQuercus spinosa

Golden Oak

speciesQuercus alnifolia

Quercus tatakaensis

speciesQuercus tatakaensis

Taroko Oak

speciesQuercus tarokoensis

Quercus × eborense

hybridQuercus × eborense

Auzende's Oak

hybridQuercus × auzendei

Moru Oak

speciesQuercus floribunda

Hengduan Mountain Oak

speciesQuercus aquifolioides

Rianj Oak

speciesQuercus lanata

Golden Guavaleaf Oak

speciesQuercus guyavifolia

Chinese Dwarf Oak

speciesQuercus monimotricha

Balut Oak

speciesQuercus baloot

Quercus longispica

speciesQuercus longispica

Quercus × almeidae

hybridQuercus × almeidae

Quercus engleriana

speciesQuercus engleriana

Quercus dolicholepis

speciesQuercus dolicholepis

Quercus franchetii

speciesQuercus franchetii

Quercus senescens

speciesQuercus senescens

Quercus kingiana

speciesQuercus kingiana

Quercus pseudosetulosa

speciesQuercus pseudosetulosa

Quercus rehderiana

speciesQuercus rehderiana

Quercus cocciferoides

speciesQuercus cocciferoides

Quercus baronii

speciesQuercus baronii

Yellowback Oak

speciesQuercus pannosa

Quercus acrodonta

speciesQuercus acrodonta

Quercus oxyphylla

speciesQuercus oxyphylla

Yiwu Oak

speciesQuercus yiwuensis

Quercus × campitica

hybridQuercus × campitica

Quercus setulosa

speciesQuercus setulosa

Quercus lodicosa

speciesQuercus lodicosa

Quercus zhekunii

speciesQuercus zhekunii

Bawangling Oak

speciesQuercus bawanglingensis

Quercus marlipoensis

speciesQuercus marlipoensis

Quercus gilliana

speciesQuercus gilliana

Quercus fimbriata

speciesQuercus fimbriata

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