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.
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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. tolucana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ilex tolucana Hemsley
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Habitat and ecology edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Ramirez-Marcial, N.; González-Espinosa, M. (1998). "Ilex tolucana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T38922A10156628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T38922A10156628.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Tropicos, Ilex tolucana
- ^ Felger, R.S., M.B. Johnson & M.F.Wilson. 2001. Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press.
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