Ilex aquifolium L.

English: English Holly

German: Stechpalme

Portuguese: Azevinho, Pica-folha, Visqueiro

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Celastrales (10)

        Family: Aquifoliaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Ilex (3)

            Epithet: aquifolium L. (2)

aquifolium => prickly

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub, tree

Flower colour: white

Check for Ilex aquifolium at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [280] Ilex aquifolium - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [576] Ilex aquifolium - Plants For A Future database
• [773] Image of Ilex aquifolium - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.