Ilex cookii (Cook's holly or te) is a species of plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.[3]
| Ilex cookii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | I. cookii
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| Binomial name | |
| Ilex cookii Britt. & Wilson
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Conservation
editThis 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][4] Other specimens were probably destroyed when a communications tower was installed on Cerro de Punta.[1] I. cookii was listed as a federally endangered species in 1987.[5] It was additionally listed as an Annex I species to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention in 1991.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Oldfield, S. (2019). "Ilex cookii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T38930A124256413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T38930A124256413.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.144854/Ilex_cookii
- ^ "Cook's holly (Ilex cookii)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 April 2011.
- ^ Densmore, David; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (16 June 1987). "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Cyathea Dryopteroides and Ilex Cookii". Federal Register. 52 (115): 22936–22939. 52 FR 22936
- ^ "List of species of marine and coastal flora strictly protected under the SPAW Protocol in Annex I" (PDF). SPAW-RAC. The Regional Activity Centre for the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife for the Wider Caribbean Region. 29 August 2019. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
External links
edit- Recovery Plan: Ilex Cookii/Cyathea dryopteroides. US FWS. Atlanta, Georgia. 1990. Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
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