Ilex bioritsensis Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Aquifoliaceae > Ilex

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, evergreen, 1.5-10 m tall. Branchlets gray-brown, subterete, sparsely puberulent or glabrescent, smooth, without lenticels; terminal buds conical, puberulent, apically acute, bud scales ciliate. Leaves on up to fourth year’s branches; petiole ca. 3 mm, pubescent; leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially deep green, shiny, ovate to rhombic, 2.5-5.5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, leathery, glabrous, midvein sulcate, puberulent adaxially, lateral veins 4-6 pairs, indistinct or slightly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, reticulate veins obscure on both surfaces, base rounded or truncate, margin sinuate, with 3 or 4 pairs of strong spines, apex acuminate, with spine ca. 3 mm. Inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes, fasciculate, axillary on second year’s branchlets; bracts ovate, ca. 1.75 mm, ciliate; flowers 4-merous, yellowish green. Male inflorescences: pedicels ca. 2 mm, glabrous; bracteoles 2, ovate; calyx patelliform, ca. 3 mm in diam., lobes broadly deltoid, ciliate; petals broadly elliptic, ca. 3 mm, basally slightly connate; stamens longer than petals, anthers oblong; rudimentary ovary ovoid, ca. 1 mm in diam. Female inflorescences: pedicels ca. 2 mm; bracteoles 2, subbasal, glabrous; calyx as in male flowers; petals free; staminodes ca. 1/2 as long as petals, sterile anthers cordate; ovary oblong-ovoid, 2-4 mm, stigma thinly discoid. Fruit red, ellipsoidal, 8-10 mm, ca. 7 mm in diam.; persistent calyx explanate; persistent stigma discoid; pyrenes 2, dorsiventrally compressed, ovoid or subglobose, 5-6 mm, 4-5 mm in diam., slightly convex, abaxially palmately striate and sulcate, adaxially striate, endocarp woody. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jul-Oct.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 10.0
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Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

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Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Ilex bioritsensis world distribution map, present in China, Myanmar, and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Ilex bioritsensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83086-1
WFO ID wfo-0001078593
COL ID 3PF84
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ilex bioritsensis Ilex pernyi f. veitchii Ilex diplosperma Ilex pernyi var. veitchii Ilex bioritsensis var. ovatifolia