Ilex pernyi Franch.

Perny's holly (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Aquifoliales > Aquifoliaceae > Ilex

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, evergreen, 1-5(-10) m tall; bark silver-gray. Branchlets terete or subterete, densely dirty-gray pubescent; terminal buds ovoid-conical, pubescent, apically acute. Petiole ca. 2 mm, pubescent; leaf blade abaxially greenish, adaxially dark green, shiny, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, (1.3-)1.5-3 × 0.5-1.4 cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, lateral veins 1-3 pairs, adaxially obscure, base rounded or truncate, margin sinuate-dentate with 1-3 pairs of spines, apex triangularly acuminate, acumen 1.2-1.4 cm, with a strong spine. Inflorescences: 1-flowered cymes, fasciculate, axillary on second year’s branchlets; flowers yellowish, 4-merous. Male inflorescences: pedicels ca. 1 mm, glabrous; bracteoles 2, suborbicular, above middle, ciliate; calyx ca. 2 mm in diam., deeply 4-lobed, lobes broadly deltoid or suborbicular, ciliate; corolla rotate, ca. 7 mm in diam., petals ca. 3 mm, broadly elliptic, apical half ciliate; stamens slightly longer than petals; rudimentary ovary conical-ovoid, apex obtuse. Female inflorescences: pedicels ca. 2 mm; calyx as in male flowers; petals free, ovate, ca. 2.5 mm; staminodes ca. 2/3 as long as petals, sterile anthers ovoid; ovary ovoid, stigma discoid. Fruit globose or depressed globose, 7-8 mm in diam.; persistent calyx quadrangular, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., ciliate; persistent stigma thickly discoid, 4-lobed; pyrenes 4, obovoid or oblong, 4.5-5.5 mm, ca. 3.5 mm in diam., abaxially palmately striate and sulcate, laterally reticulately striate and sulcate, endocarp thick, woody. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Oct-Nov.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 1.75 - 5.0
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
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Environment

Forests or shrubby areas in valleys; at elevations from 1,000-2,500 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
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Images

Ilex pernyi unspecified picture

Distribution

Ilex pernyi world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Ilex pernyi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:83628-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219493
COL ID 3PFSZ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ilex pernyi