Ilex longipes Chapm. ex Trel. is a plant in the Aquifoliaceae family, order Aquifoliales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Ilex longipes Chapm. ex Trel.

Ilex longipes Chapm. ex Trel.

Ilex longipes (Georgia or Chapman's holly) is a holly family shrub or small tree native to patchy upland sites in the southeastern US.

Family
Genus
Ilex
Order
Aquifoliales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Ilex longipes Chapm. ex Trel.

Ilex longipes, commonly known as Georgia holly or Chapman's holly, is a plant species belonging to the holly family. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in a patchy distribution. This species is most commonly found in upland forests. Ilex longipes grows as a large shrub or small tree. It produces small white flowers in spring and red berries in fall. It looks very similar to Ilex cuthbertii and Ilex decidua, and is sometimes classified as a variety of one of these species.

Photo: (c) Pauline Singleton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pauline Singleton · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Aquifoliales Aquifoliaceae Ilex

More from Aquifoliaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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