Ilex opaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aquifoliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Aquifoliales

Familia: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species: Ilex opaca
Varietates: I. o. var. arenicola – I. o. var. opaca

Ilex opaca Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 169. 1789.

Homotypic
- Ageria opaca (Aiton) Raf., Sylva Tellur. 47. 1838.
Heterotypic
- Ilex americana Lam., Journ. Hist. Nat. Par. 1: 416. 1792.
- Ilex aquifolium Marsh., Arbust. Am. 63. 1785.
- Ilex canadensis Marsh., Arbust. Am. 64. 1785.
- Ilex laxiflora Lam., Encyc. 3: 147. 1789.
- Ilex quercifolia Meerb., Pl. Select. Ic. t. 5. 1789.

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia,
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

Aiton, W. 1789. Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue of the plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Vol. I. Monandria–Heptandria. XXX+496 pp., tt. 1–6. George Nicol, London. BHL Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ilex opaca. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 28 2018. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Ilex opaca. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 28. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Ilex opaca in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Oct. 28.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ilex opaca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Oct. 2018. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ilex opaca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.