Ilex L.
(hollies)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Ilex aquifolium Holly					Species		14 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Ilex (hollies)
Family	AQUIFOLIACEAE (hollies)
Order	AQUIFOLIALES (hollies)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ilex is also a member of:
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Aquifoliaceae)
Evergreen trees and shrubs - evergreens (via Aquifoliaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Aquifoliaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Broadleaved trees)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved trees)

Ilex (hollies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ilex (hollies)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 190 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ilex (hollies)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Ilex is also a member of:

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