GENUS CODE: ILEX GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Ilex GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Holly GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of 400-500 species, mostly trees and shrubs, cosmopolitan and widespread in tropical and temperate areas, especially Asia and America. The genus Nemopanthus is clearly best subsumed into Ilex. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Some of our species can be superficially similar to various shrubs and trees of the Rosaceae, in their alternate toothed leaves borne on spur shoots. GENUS REFERENCES: Godfrey (1988)=Y; Krakow (1989)=Z; Powell et al. (2000)=X; Wunderlin & Poppleton (1977).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: AQUIFO FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Aquifoliaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Bartling 1830 FAMILY COMMON: Holly Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A monogeneric family of about 500 species, nearly cosmopolitan. FAMILY REFERENCE:
USDA Symbol: ILCO80
USDA Common Name: Chinese Holly
Native Status: L48 (I)
Distribution: USA (AL, KY, NC)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree,Shrub
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ilex cornuta
COMMON NAME: Chinese Holly, Burford Holly
SYNONYMY: [= K2]
PHENOLOGY:
HABITAT: Escaped into forests in suburban areas; native of China.
COMMENTS: Escaped from suburban plantings in AL, NC, and KY (Clark et al. 2005).
RANGE MAP: Ilex cornuta.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Aquifoliaceae Bartling 1830 (Holly Family) SUMMARY: A monogeneric family of about 500 species, nearly cosmopolitan. REFERENCE: ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Ilex L. (Holly) SUMMARY: A genus of 400-500 species, mostly trees and shrubs, cosmopolitan and widespread in tropical and temperate areas, especially Asia and America. The genus Nemopanthus is clearly best subsumed into Ilex. REFERENCE: Godfrey (1988)=Y; Krakow (1989)=Z; Powell et al. (2000)=X; Wunderlin & Poppleton (1977).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Ilex cornuta in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Ilex cornuta in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)