Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Aquifoliaceae - Holly family

Literature

Mendes, E.J. (1966) Aquifoliaceae FZ 2(2)

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs, evergreen (in ours). Stipules small or 0. Leaves alternate, simple. Flowers usually unisexual, 4(-8)-merous, actinomorphic, in fascicles, cymes or racemes. Petals free or connate at base. Stamens free, alternating with the corolla lobes. Disk 0. Ovary superior, 3- or more locular. Fruit drupaceous.

Worldwide: 4 genera and 420 species, almost cosmopolitan.

Links to genera: (1) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Ilex L.	Image

Other sources of information about Aquifoliaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Aquifoliaceae page
Flora of Mozambique: Aquifoliaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Aquifoliaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar

Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Family page: Aquifoliaceae.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=17, retrieved 3 September 2010

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