| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Aquifoliaceae | > | Ilex |
Mendes, E.J. (1966) Aquifoliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2)
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Stipules very small. Inflorescences axillary. Petals shortly connate at the base, imbricate. Stamens as many as the petals. Style absent. Ovules 1 in each loculus. Fruit of 4–5(9) single-seeded pyrenes. Derivation of name: from the Latin name for the Holm oak, Quercus ilex, which has holly-like leaves, Worldwide: c. 400 species, cosmopolitan, but mainly tropical and temperate Asia and America. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Species | Content |
| aquifolium L. | |
| latifolia Thunb. |
| Home | > | List of cultivated families | > | Aquifoliaceae | > | Ilex |