Biology:Ilex ternatiflora

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Short description: Species of holly

Ilex ternatiflora

Extinct  (late 1800s) (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species:
I. ternatiflora
Binomial name
Ilex ternatiflora
(C. Wright) R.A. Howard

Ilex ternatiflora is an extinct holly in the family Aquifoliaceae. It was endemic to a single location in Las Pozas in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. It went extinct due to habitat destruction.[1]

Taxonomy

Modern taxonomy places this species as a synonym of Elaeodendron xylocarpum.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5493421 entry