Ilex Linnaeus. Holly, Winterberry, Gallberry.
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.
ID 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.
Ref: Godfrey (1988); Krakow (1989); Powell et al. (2000); Whittemore [in prep.]; Wunderlin & Poppleton (1977). Show full citations.
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