Ilex cookii
Ilex cookii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Aquifoliales |
Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
Genus: | Ilex |
Species: | I. cookii
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Binomial name | |
Ilex cookii Britt. & Wilson
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Ilex cookii (Cook's holly or te) is a species of plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
This tree is only known from a single specimen and a few seedlings in the cloud forests on Cerro de Punta and Monte Jayuya, both at Toro Negro State Forest in Puerto Rico.[1][2] Other specimens were probably destroyed when a communications tower was installed on Cerro de Punta.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ilex cookii World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998.
- ^ 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 April 2011.
External links[]
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Ilex
- Endemic flora of Puerto Rico
- Critically endangered flora of North America
- Critically endangered flora of the United States
- Ilex stubs