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Cassena
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Cassena

Ilex cassine is a holly native to the southeastern coast of North America, in the United States from Virginia to southeast Texas, in Mexico in Veracruz, and in the Caribbean on the Bahamas, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. It is commonly known as dahoon holly or cassena, the latter derived from the Timucua name for I. vomitoria.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cassena collaris

speciesCassena collaris

Cassena terminalis

speciesCassena terminalis

Cassena sasajii

speciesCassena sasajii

Cassena iniqua

speciesCassena iniqua

Cassena tricolor

speciesCassena tricolor

Cassena cowleyi

speciesCassena cowleyi

Cassena oculata

speciesCassena oculata

Cassena tinkhami

speciesCassena tinkhami

Cassena elongata

speciesCassena elongata

Cassena leopldi

speciesCassena leopldi

Cassena chapuisi

speciesCassena chapuisi

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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

Cassena in The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...

Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.180

Cassena in The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.178

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Every page naming Cassena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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 951013.