Ilex tolucana

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.

Ilex tolucana
Scientific 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

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. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2010). "Ramirez-Marcial, N. & González-Espinosa, M. 1998. Ilex tolucana. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Archived from the original on 2014-06-27.
  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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