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Ilex L.

Hollies
Ilex [BONAP]
Ilex [DVF]
Ilex (Aquilofoliaceae) ; [GNSP]

Foodplants for Meganola nitida, Nothomiza formosa, Rhynchobapta cervinaria, Satyrium liparops, Synanthedon kathyae

Ilex aquifolium L.

Common Holly English Holly

identification uncertain 1000x659 (~129Kb) USA: Wallingford, Seattle, King Co., WA, 29.6.2000 (cultivated), Photo © Markku Savela

1371x1028 (~143Kb) Greece: Ipiros, path Parga - Anthousa, 7.6.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Ilex opaca Ait.

Florida - Texas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, S.Illinois, SE.Missouri, Oklahoma. See [About maps] American Holly
Ilex opaca ; [GMB, 980]; [IBT, 324]

Foodplant for Incisalia henrici, Metaxaglaea violacea

I. o. var. arenicola (Ashe) Ashe

Ilex arenicola Ashe
Ilex cumulicola Small
Ilex pygmaea McFarlin

Ilex cassine L.

Virginia - Florida - Louisiana. See [About maps] Dahoon Holly
Ilex cassine ; [IBT, 328]

Ilex myrtifolia Walt.

North Carolina - Florida - SE.Louisiana. See [About maps] Myrtle-leaved Holly
Ilex myrtifolia ; [IBT, 328]

Ilex vomitoria Ait.

Florida - Texas - to (Virginia, Arkansas). See [About maps] Yaupon Holly Cassine Christmas-berry
Ilex vomitoria ; [GMB, 981]
Ilex cassine auct.; (not L.)
Ilex vomitoria ; [IBT, 328]

Foodplant for Incisalia henrici

Ilex longipes Chapm.

Florida - Louisiana - N.Carolina, W.Virginia, Tennessee. See [About maps] Georgia Holly Chapman's Holly
Ilex longipes ; [GMB, 981]

Ilex montana Torr. & Gray

New York - Alabama, Tennessee. See [About maps] Mountain Winterberry Mountain Holly Large-leaved Holly Hulver
Ilex monticola Gray
Ilex ambiqua var. montana (Torr. & Gray ex Gray); Ahles
Ilex montana ; [GMB, 981]; [IBT, 331]

I. m. var. macropoda (Miq.) Fern.

Japan Ilex montana var. macropoda ; [GMB, 981]

Ilex ambigua (Michx.) Torr

Massachusetts, NW.Conneticut - W.Virginia, NA.Georgia, Tennessee. See [About maps] Carolina Holly

Ilex montana var. mollis (Gray); Britt. Ilex beadlei Ashe

Ilex caroliniana Trel. ex Small. Ilex montana var. beadlei (Ashe); Fern.

Ilex ambigua ; [BONAP]
Ilex montana var. mollis ; Britt., [GMB, 981]

Ilex amelanchier M. A. Curtis

NA.Georgia - Louisiana - Virginia. See [About maps] Sarvis Holly
Ilex amelanchier ; [GMB, 981]
Ilex dubia BSP.; (not Webeber)

Ilex decidua Walt.

Florida - Texas - Maryland, S.Indiana, S.Illinois, Missouri, SE.Kansas. See [About maps] Deciduous Holly Possum-Haw
Ilex decidua var. curtissii Fern.
Ilex curtissii (Fern.); Small.
Ilex decidua ; [GMB, 981]; [IBT, 326]

Foodplant for Dolba hyloeus

Ilex verticillata (L.) Gray

-. See [About maps] Black Alder Winterberry Apalanche Aulne Blanche
Ilex verticillata ; [GMB, 981]

I. v. var. verticillata

Newfoundland - Minnesota, Nova Scotia, New England, New York, NA.Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois Ilex verticillata var. verticillata ; [GMB, 982]

I. v. var. padifolia (Willd.) T. & G.

Nova Scotia - Minnesota, New England, NA.Georgia, Missouri Ilex verticillata var. padifolia ; [GMB, 982]

I. v. var. tenuifolia (Torr.) S. Wats.

Newfoundland - Ontario, Nova Scotia, New England, New York, New Jersey Ilex bronzensis Britt.
Ilex verticillata var. tenuifolia ; [GMB, 982]

I. v. var. fastigiata (Bickn.) Fern.

Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, SE.Massachusetts, S.Conneticut Ilex fastigiata Bickn.
Ilex verticillata var. fastigiata ; [GMB, 982]

Ilex laevigata (Pursh) Gray

S.Maine - New York - NA.Georgia. See [About maps] Smooth Winterberry
Ilex laevigata ; [GMB, 982]

Ilex glabra (L.) Gray

Florida - Louisiana - Massachusetts, Maine, Nova Scotia. See [About maps] Inkberry Bitter Gallberry Appalachian Tea
Ilex glabra ; [GMB, 982]

Foodplant for Dolba hyloeus

Ilex coriacea (Pursh) Chapm.

Florida - Louisiana - SE.Virginia. See [About maps] Large Gallberry Sweet Gallberry
Ilex coriacea ; [GMB, 982]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BONAP]

A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; A data base interface; BONAP U.S. Checklist - 1998; Provided by TAMU-BWG; Texas A & M Bioinformatics Working Group; Based on; Biota of North America Program

[DVF]

Den Virtuella floran; http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html; Ett projekt vid Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden).; Even for non-Swedish speaker, the distribution maps on species are nice (map buttons "Norden" and "Norra halvklotet")

[FFP]

Hutchinson, 1959; The Families of Flowering Plants (2nd ed.)

[GMB]

Fernald, 1970; Gray's Manual of Botany (8th edition); A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of the Central and Northeastern United States and adjacent Canada

[GNSP]

Wielgorskaya, 1995; Dictionary of generic names of seed plants

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[IBT]

Grimm, 1983; The Illustrated Book of Trees

[¹]

Parentheses have no taxonomic semantics here. This is an error that will be fixed at some point.

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.