Ilex tolucana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species:
I. tolucana
Binomial name
Ilex tolucana
Hemsley
Synonyms[2]
  • Ilex discolor var. tolucana (Hemsl.) Edwin ex T.R. Dudley. 1997
  • Ilex discolor var. tolucana (Hemsl.) Edwin ex J. Linares 2005

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.[3]

These plants are being conserved at the El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ramirez-Marcial, N.; González-Espinosa, M. (1998). "Ilex tolucana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38922A10156628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38922A10156628.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Ilex tolucana
  3. ↑ Felger, R.S., M.B. Johnson & M.F.Wilson. 2001. Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press.


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