Ilex opaca

Ilex opaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aquifoliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Aquifoliales

Familia: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species: Ilex opaca
Varietates: I. o. var. arenicola – I. o. var. opaca

Name

Ilex opaca Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 169. 1789.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Ageria opaca (Aiton) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 47. 1838.
• Heterotypic
  • Ilex americana Lam., Journ. Hist. Nat. Par. 1: 416. 1792.
  • Ilex aquifolium Marsh., Arbust. Am. 63. 1785.
  • Ilex canadensis Marsh., Arbust. Am. 64. 1785.
  • Ilex laxiflora Lam., Encyc. 3: 147. 1789.
  • Ilex quercifolia Meerb., Pl. Select. Ic. t. 5. 1789.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia) Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ilex opaca. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 28 2018.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Ilex opaca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 28. Reference page. 
• The Plant List 2013. Ilex opaca in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 28.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Ilex opaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Oct. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ilex opaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: American Holly
français: Houx Américain

For more multimedia, look at Ilex opaca on Wikimedia Commons.