Ilex myrtifolia Walter
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Ilex myrtifolia, the myrtle dahoon or myrtle-leaved holly, is a species of holly native to the Southeastern United States.
Quoted from Wikipedia, "Ilex myrtifolia", CC BY-SA 4.0.
About the genus · Ilex
Ilex or holly is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. Ilex has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones worldwide. More on Wikipedia ›
Quoted from Wikipedia, "Holly", CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Photographs
Photographs: David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (2).
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Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.
Other Ilex 63 in the reference
Ilex ambigua Aquifoliaceae Photo: CC BY, Shelby Lyn Sanders
Ilex amelanchier Sarvis holly Photo: CC BY-SA, Jeff Niznik
Ilex aquifolium English holly Photo: CC BY, Nick Butcher
Ilex asprella Rough-leaved Holly Photo: CC BY, Zheng-An Wang
Ilex × attenuata Topel holly Photo: CC BY, Cedar Wood
Ilex bioritsensis Aquifoliaceae Photo: CC BY, crothfels
Ilex canariensis Small-leaved holly Photo: CC0, author not stated
Ilex cassine Dahoon Photo: CC BY-SA, Douglas Goldman Ilex chapaensis Aquifoliaceae 
Ilex chinensis Aquifoliaceae Photo: CC BY, りなべる
Ilex cinerea Aquifoliaceae Photo: CC0, author not stated
Ilex colchica Black Sea Holly Photo: CC BY, Азат Кадиров all 64 ›Names & registers
Also known as Ilex cassine subsp. myrtifolia; Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia; Ilex myrtifolia f. lowei; Ilex dahoon var. myrtifolia. (WCVP, RBG Kew)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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