Biology:Ilex cinerea

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Short description: Species of plant

Ilex cinerea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species:
I. cinerea
Binomial name
Ilex cinerea
Champ. ex Benth.
Synonyms[2]

Ilex cinerea var. faberi Loes.

Ilex cinerea, the gray holly or Hong Kong holly, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to Hong Kong, Hebao Island, and Hainan in China, and to northern Vietnam.[2][3] An evergreen shrub or small tree usually 3 to 6 m (10 to 20 ft) tall, it is found at higher elevations in mountain forests.[4] It is used as a street tree in Hong Kong.[5]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2022). "Ilex cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T151329079A214922858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T151329079A214922858.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151329079/214922858. Retrieved 31 July 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Ilex cinerea Champ. ex Benth." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/83158-1. 
  3. "Plant List of Shing Mun Arboretum". The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. https://www.afcd.gov.hk/tc_chi/conservation/con_flo/con_flo_shing/files/common/PlantList_ShingMunArboretum_20130724.pdf. 
  4. "灰冬青 hui dong qing". efloras.org. 2023. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242326342. 
  5. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. 

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