Ilex ternatiflora is an extinct holly in the family Aquifoliaceae. It was endemic to a single location in Las Pozas in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. It went extinct due to habitat destruction.[1]
Ilex ternatiflora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Aquifoliales |
Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
Genus: | Ilex |
Species: | †I. ternatiflora
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Binomial name | |
†Ilex ternatiflora (C. Wright) R.A. Howard
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Taxonomy
editModern taxonomy places this species as a synonym of Elaeodendron xylocarpum.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Areces-Mallea, A.E. (1998). "Ilex ternatiflora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33660A9801330. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33660A9801330.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Elaeodendron xylocarpum (Vent.) DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2023.