Ilex tolucana
| Ilex tolucana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | I. tolucana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ilex tolucana Hemsley | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ilex tolucana is a tree species in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America from east-central Sonora south to El Salvador.
Habitat and Ecology
Ilex tolucana is a tree up to 15 m tall, found in oak forest or in mesophyllous mountain forest, frequently along stream banks. It is almost entirely glabrous with leaves entire or with a few small teeth toward the tip. Flowers are white, born in small umbels. Berries are small, red and globose.[2]
These plants are being conserved at the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve [3]
References
- ↑ Tropicos, Ilex tolucana
- ↑ Felger, R.S., M.B. Johnson & M.F.Wilson. 2001. Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2010). "Ramirez-Marcial, N. & González-Espinosa, M. 1998. Ilex tolucana. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species".
- Ramirez-Marcial, N. & González-Espinosa, M. 1998. Ilex tolucana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
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