Ilex hemiepiphytica

Ilex hemiepiphytica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species:
I. hemiepiphytica
Binomial name
Ilex hemiepiphytica
W.J. Hahn

Ilex hemiepiphytica is a plant species known only from Costa Rica.[1]

Ilex hemiepiphytica is a tree up to 18 m tall, sometimes epiphytic when young (unusual in the genus). Leaves are thick and leathery, green above, olive or yellow-green below, elliptic to ovate, up to 13 cm long. Leaf margins are toothed with a spine at the tip of each tooth. Flowers are greenish to white, borne in small groups of the axils of the leaves. Fruits are spherical, red or purple, about 4 mm in diameter.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ JSTOR Global Plants
  2. ^ Hahn, William James. 1996. Notes on Costa Rican Aquifoliaceae. Novon 6:181-184.
  3. ^ Zamora Villalobos, N., Q. Jiménez Madrigal & L. J. Poveda Álvarez. 2000. Árboles de Costa Rica 2: 1–374. INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia.
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