Ilex cornuta

Family:AQUIFOLIACEAE
Species:Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
Common Name:Chinese Holly
Habitat:Disturbed woodlands, fence rows, and bottomland forests.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:ILCO80
Plant Notes:Chinese Holly is an introduced evergreen shrub or small tree in the Holly family (Aquifoliaceae). It is native to eastern China and Korea. Chinese Holly is commonly planted as an ornamental, and has escaped throughout Alabama. Chinese Holly can be found in disturbed woodlands, floodplain forests, in urban woodlands, and along fence rows. It is a shrub or small tree up to 25 feet in height. The bark is smooth and gray in color. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, quadrangular-oblong to ovate in outline, thick and leathery in texture, and glabrous. The tip of the leaf has a spine that is often reflexed. The margins vary from having five large spines along each side to entire with a single spine at the apex. Chinese Holly is dioecious (separate male and female plants). Flowers are produced in cymes in the leaf axils on twigs of the previous season's growth. Male flowers have 4 sepals, 4 greenish-yellow petals and 4 stamens that are as long as or longer than the petals. Female flowers have 4 sepals, 4 greenish-yellow petals, 4 sterile stamens slightly shorter than the petals, and a single 4-lobed stigma. The fruit is a globose, red drupe with 4 stony seed (pyrenes). Chinese Holly cultivars include 'Burford' and 'Nellie R. Stevens'.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native
References:**

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyAQUIFOLIACEAE - Holly family
Genus Ilex
Species Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton - Chinese Holly

Citation

Citation Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton, Paxt. Fl. Gard. 1(3): 43, f. 27. 1850.
Basionym: **
Type: CHINA:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, Etowah, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
JSU118999 Etowah 22 Sep 1979 Adeli. Kambiz
2
JSU
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
AMAL00012987 Colbert 17 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2795
AMAL
Ilex cornuta (Lindl.) Paxton
AMAL00015457 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96819
AMAL
Ilex cornuta (Lindl.) Paxton
UWAL0054154 Cleburne 28 Mar 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16844
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
AUA000031472 Limestone 25 Apr 2015 England, J. Kevin
5426
AUA
Ilex Cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
JSU118997 Calhoun 29 Mar 1984 Beavers, Donna D.
s.n.
JSU
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
JSU118995 Calhoun 27 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2987
JSU
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0054221 Etowah 09 Feb 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16776
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
AMAL00005799 Jefferson 24 Mar 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11128
AMAL
Ilex cornuta (Lindl.) Pax
TROY000001118 Coffee 16 Nov 2003 Maher, M.
2
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0000271 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96819
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
TROY000044729 Autauga 24 Jan 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
326
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
JSU118998 Etowah 2 Oct 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3973
JSU
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0000272 Colbert 17 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2795
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
TROY000022879 Morgan 01 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12637
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0038073 Cullman 05 Aug 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14922
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
TROY000014243 Colbert 17 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2795
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0004883 Marengo 29 Jun 2011 England, J. Kevin
3022
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
TROY000044016 Limestone 25 Apr 2015 England, J. Kevin
5426
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
AMAL00014920 Morgan 01 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12637
AMAL
Ilex cornuta (Lindl.) Paxton
TROY000014387 Butler 18 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19264
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
TROY000050714 Colbert 30 Jan 2016 England, J. Kevin
5823
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0031433 Colbert 30 Jan 2016 England, J. Kevin
5823
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0018135 Limestone 25 Apr 2015 England, J. Kevin
5426
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
AUA000031473 Morgan 1 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12637
AUA
Ilex Cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
UWAL0009928 Cherokee 19 May 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13314
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
UWAL0013519 Bullock 20 Nov 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1471
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
AMAL00018901 Mobile 10 Jun 2005 Horne, Howard E.
1012
AMAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
ALNHS00001786 Dallas 04 Mar 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-662
ALNHS
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
UWAL0038604 Lawrence 01 Sep 2018 England, J. Kevin
9426
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley
TROY000001120 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Pennington, Tiffany
764
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
TROY000032416 Montgomery 15 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22128A
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0033209 Montgomery 13 Mar 2016 Diamond, Alvin R.
27245
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
SAMF0005123 Jefferson 22 Mar 2007 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3643
SAMF
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0046754 Autauga 24 Jan 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
326
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UNA00064756 Colbert 17 Apr 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2795
UNA
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
JSU118996 Calhoun 27 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2986
JSU
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
TROY000001119 Dale 06 Jun 2000 Woods, Michael
8119
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
TROY000020706 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96819
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
AMAL00009430 Cherokee 19 May 2011 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13314
AMAL
Ilex cornuta (Lindl.) Paxton
TROY000036284 Bullock 20 Nov 2012 Dykes, Bailee
533
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
UWAL0005477 Montgomery 15 May 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22128.1
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
TROY000001134 Conecuh 12 Jan 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
12850
TROY
Ilex cornuta Lindley & Paxton
AUA000039631 Lee 2 Sep 2018 Schotz, Alfred
CSP-525
AUA
Ilex Cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
UWAL0000273 Morgan 01 Jun 2007 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12637
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxton
UWAL0035929 Blount 19 May 2015 Anderson, Kelly
839
UWAL
Ilex cornuta Lind.
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