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Ilex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 125 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000018994.

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Synonyms of Ilex

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Arinemia Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 49 (1838) wfo-4000003040
Ennepta Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 52 (1838) wfo-4000013474
Hexotria Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 265 (1818) wfo-4000017856
Nemopanthes Raf. J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 96 (1819) wfo-4000025569
Prinos L. Sp. Pl. : 330 (1753) wfo-4000031142
Pseudehretia Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 36(I): 607 (1863) wfo-4000031362
Synstima Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 48 (1838) wfo-4000037329
Agrifolium Hill Brit. Herb. : 520 (1757) wfo-4000044314
Burglaria Wendl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. : 129 (1821) wfo-4000044320

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ilex:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex acutangula Nees Flora 4(1): 301. 1821 wfo-0000729172
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aequatoriensis Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 364. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001350871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aequitoriensis Loes. – — wfo-0001078402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex affinis f. brachyphylla Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 445. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 52, Mem. 3: 104. 1905.--Brazil. Nomen subnudum wfo-0001323824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex affinis f. stenothyrsa Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 445. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001323825
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex affinis var. rivularis Loes. – wfo-0001391724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex alainii T.R.Dudley in F.C. Galle, Hollies, The Genus Ilex 154 (1997), nom. nov. wfo-0000729178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex alternifolia Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 81 (1901) wfo-0000729179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex amara Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 457. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0000729182
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex amara f. humboldtiana (Bonpl. ex Miers) Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 459. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001323826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex amara f. leucocalycoides Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 462. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001323827
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex amara f. nigropunctata Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 459. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001323828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex amara f. ovalifolia Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 460. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001323829
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex ambigua subsp. macropoda (Miq.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 13: 7 (1983):. wfo-0001368896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex ambigua var. macropoda (Miq.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 13: 7 (1983):. wfo-0001401714
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex ampla I.M.Johnst. J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 123 (1938) wfo-0001078531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex apiculata Merr. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 162 (1933 publ. 1934) wfo-0000729199
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex apollinis Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 69 (1861) wfo-0000729202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aquifolium Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 1: 91. 1790 [Sep 1790] wfo-0000729205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aquifolium f. albopicta (Loudon) Geerinck Taxonomaniac 1: 12 (2001):. wfo-0001323508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aquifolium f. arbutifolia (T.Moore) Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 261. 1901 wfo-0001325508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aquifolium var. vulgaris Aiton Hort. Kew. [W. Aiton] 1: 169. 1789 wfo-0001398650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex aquipernyi Gable ex Whittem. Novon 15: 493 (2005) wfo-0000729207
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex archboldiana Merr. & L.M.Perry J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 333 (1939) wfo-0000729209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arenicola Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 40: 44 (1924) wfo-0001247417
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arenicola f. oblanceolata McFarlin Rhodora 34: 234, pl. 225. 1932 wfo-0001323830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arenicola f. sebringensis McFarlin Rhodora 34: 18 (1932) wfo-0001320348
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arenicola var. obovata McFarlin Rhodora 34: 234 (1932) wfo-0001372226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arenicola var. paucidens McFarlin Rhodora 34: 235 (1932) wfo-0001372227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arenicola var. transiens McFarlin Rhodora 34: 235 (1932) wfo-0001372228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex arnhemensis subsp. arnhemensis – – wfo-0001368007
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex asiatica L. Sp. Pl. : 125 (1753) wfo-0000729218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex asprella var. tapuensis S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 271 (1949) wfo-1200011295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex atrata var. wangii S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 305 (1949) wfo-1200011254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex attenuata f. buxtonica Bauers Holly Soc. J. 16(3): 37 (1998), without type. wfo-0001323459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex azevinho Sol. in Lowe, Man. Fl. Madeir. 12. wfo-0000729225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex bartlettii Merr. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 19: 162 (1933 publ. 1934) wfo-0000729233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex beanii Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 212 (1922) wfo-0000729234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex benguetensis Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 5: 1665 (1913) wfo-0000729239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex berberidifolia Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 221. 1929 wfo-0000729240
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex bessonii hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres 44, nomen. 1877 wfo-0001356928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex bidoupensis Yahara & Tagane Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 71(3): 202. 2020 wfo-1000023232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex bogorensis Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 82 (1901) wfo-0000729248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex borneensis Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 284 (1901) wfo-0000729252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex brachypliylla (Hand.-Mazz.) S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 31: 61 1950 — wfo-0000729254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex brasiliensis f. typica Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 369. 1901 [1 Mar 1901] wfo-0001323831
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex brassii Merr. & L.M.Perry J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 334 (1939) wfo-0000729259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex brexiifolia Houtt. ex Göpp. Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1852: 4 (1852) wfo-0000729264
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex bromeliifolia Sepp Bloemk. Woordenb. 241 (1821) wfo-1000080982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex buswellii f. channellii (Edwin) T.R.Dudley in F.C. Galle, Hollies, The Genus Ilex 134 (1997):. wfo-0001326835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex california Brandegee Gard. & Forest 7: 414 (1894) wfo-0001265295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex camelliifolia Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 234 (1887) wfo-0000729271
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex canariensis subsp. canariensis – – — wfo-1200108073
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex canliflora H.W.Li ex Y.R.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 5(1): 24 (1985) wfo-0000729275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex caroliniana Loes. Bot. Centralbl. 47: 163. 1891 Nova Acta Acad. C. L. C. G. Nat. Cur. 78: 341. (1901). wfo-0001350872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex caroliniana var. jejuna McFarlin Rhodora 34: 236 (1932) wfo-0001372234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cassine f. glabra Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15(3): 312. 1892 [10 Jun 1892] wfo-0001323832
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cassine f. hirtella Loes. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15(3): 312. 1892 [10 Jun 1892] wfo-0001323833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex celebensis var. celebensis – – wfo-1200097162
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex celebesiaca Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 205 (1901) wfo-0000729288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex chimantaensis T.R.Dudley Hollies, The Genus Ilex : 168 (1997) wfo-0000729294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex chimantaensis T.R.Dudley ex Kottaim. Novon 32: 77 2024 wfo-1200097327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex chimantaensis var. pygmaea (Edwin) T.R.Dudley in F.C. Galle, Hollies, The Genus Ilex 169 (1997), specific name not validly publ. wfo-0001402592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex chinensis f. angustifolia Sugim. J. Geobot. 24(3): 62 (1977). wfo-0001326704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex chingiana var. puberula S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 30: 382 (1949) wfo-1200011311
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cissoidea Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 430 (1901) wfo-0000729302
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex clarkei Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 274 (1901) wfo-0000729304
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex clemensiae Heine Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 6: 208 (1953) wfo-0000729305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cochlearifolia Schlüssel & Barriera Candollea 78(1): 56 2023 wfo-1000050873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex colchica subsp. colchica – – — wfo-1200107885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex confertiflora var. kwangsiensis S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 31: 72 (1950) wfo-1200011370
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex confertifolia Merr. Sarawak Mus. J. 3: 526 (1928) wfo-0000729312
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex congonhina Loes. Biol. Centralbl. 13: 450. 1893 wfo-0001350873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex corallina var. aberrans Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 657 (1933) wfo-1200011394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex coronaria Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 51 (1861) wfo-0000729321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex coronaria var. angustifolia Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 55 (1861) wfo-0001372242
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex coronaria var. latifolia Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 55 (1861) wfo-0001372243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex crispa Siebold, Aardr. & Volk. Toelicht. Ontdekk. Vries 156. nomen. wfo-0001356949
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cristata Merr. & L.M.Perry J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 333 (1939) wfo-0000729336
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cuibensis Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 71 (1861) wfo-0000729339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cumulicola Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 382 (1924) wfo-0001078536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex cuyabensis Reissek – — wfo-0001078427
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex dahoon var. laurifolia (Nutt.) DC. – — wfo-0001285343
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex daphnephylloides Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 39: 72 (1870) wfo-0000729351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex daphnoides Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 58 (1861) wfo-0000729353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex decidua var. longipes (Trel.) H.E.Ahles () wfo-0001391734
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex decussata Heine Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 209 (1953) wfo-0000729357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex densiflora Zipp. ex Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 82 (1901) wfo-0000729359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex depressifructu Pruesapan & Welzen Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 49(1): 67. 2021 wfo-1000027461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex diminuta Reissek ex Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7 , 29(3): 21 (1881) wfo-0000729365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex dubia f. chapmaniana Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 487 (1901) wfo-0001323834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex dubia f. genuina Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 486 (1901) wfo-0001323835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex dubia f. pseudoambigua Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 486 (1901) wfo-0001323836
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex ebenacea Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 44 (1861) wfo-0000729388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex edwinii R.Kr.Singh & Sanjeet Kumar J. Biodivers. Conservation 8(2): 6 2024 wfo-1000062706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex engleriana Loes. Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 78: 428 (1901) wfo-0000729398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex epiphytica King J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64: 134 (1895) wfo-0000729402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex eugeniifolia Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch. : t. 278B (1893) wfo-0000729404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex euryaeformis Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 61 (1861) wfo-0001078430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ilex euryiformis Reissek Fl. Bras. 11(1): 61 (1861) wfo-0000729405