Ilex cookii

Ilex cookii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Aquifoliales
Family:Aquifoliaceae
Genus:Ilex
Species: I. cookii
Binomial name
Ilex cookii
Britt. & Wilson

Ilex cookii (Cook's holly or te) is a species of plant in the Aquifoliaceae family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.

This tree is only known from a single specimen and a few seedlings in the cloud forests on Cerro de Punta and Monte Jayuya, both at Toro Negro State Forest in Puerto Rico.[1][2] Other specimens were probably destroyed when a communications tower was installed on Cerro de Punta.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ilex cookii World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998.
  2. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 April 2011.


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