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Latin name	Ilex costaricensis Donn.Sm.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ilex brenesii Standl. Ilex ramonensis Standl. Ilex valerii Standl.
English name	CostaRica holly
French name	houx du Costa Rica
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Latin name	Ilex decidua Walter
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	MC ME SC SE North America (USA: Kansas to Virginia, Texas to Florida; Mexico: Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SC SE
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg->xer
Use	fr
Synonym	Ilex curtissii (Fernald) Small Ilex decidua var. curtissii Fernald
English name	possumhaw holly; Curtiss possumhaw, deciduous holly, possum haw, possumhaw, swamp holly, winterberry
French name	houx décidu; apalanche d'Amérique
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Other name	Walddistel (german)
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Latin name	Ilex dioica (Vahl) Griseb.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Lesser Antilles) NC South America (Venezuela)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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English name	dioicous holly
French name	houx dioïque; citronnier montagne (Lesser Antilles)
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Latin name	Ilex florifera Fawc. & Rendle
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Ecology	calc
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English name	flowering holly
French name	houx florifère
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Latin name	Ilex fuertesiana (Loes.) Loes.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ilex caroliniana var. fuertesiana Loes. Ilex fuertesiana var. selleana Loes.
English name	Fuertes holly
French name	houx de Fuertes
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Latin name	Ilex guianensis (Aubl.) Kuntze
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) N South America (Trinidad, Colombia to French Guiana)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology
Use	dr
Synonym	Ilex acuminata Willd. Ilex cumanensis Turcz. Ilex gentlei Lundell Ilex guianensis var. cuencensis Loes. Ilex macoucoua Pers. Ilex panamensis Standl. Ilex pseudomacoucoua Loes. Macoucoua guianensis Aubl.
English name	Guiana holly; birdberry, broken ridge waterwood, dogwood (Belize); waterwood, whitewood (Belize)
French name	houx de Guyane
Spanish name	cassada, laurel del agua (Belize); maconcona, macoucoua (Puerto Rico); palo blanco (Nicaragua); palo de burro (Dominican Republic); tejo (Honduras)
Other name	oji-o-botoli (warao, Venezuela); sapo-balli (Guyana)
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Latin name	Ilex harrissii Loes.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Harris holly
French name	houx de Harris
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Latin name	Ilex hemiepiphytica W.J.Hahn
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	hemiepiphytic holly
French name	houx hémiépiphyte
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Latin name	Ilex hondurensis Standl.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Honduras holly
French name	houx du Honduras
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Latin name	Ilex hypaneura Loes.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Puerto Rico)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	nerved holly; luquilla mountain holly (Puerto Rico)
French name	houx nervuré
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Latin name	Ilex jamaicana Proctor
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	calc
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English name	Jamaica holly
French name	houx de la Jamaïque
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Latin name	Ilex krugiana Loes.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ilex cuneata Schoepf Ilex duarteensis Loes.
English name	tawnyberry holly; Krug holly; Krug's holly (Bahamas); southern holly
French name	houx à petits fruits; lombai (Haiti)
Spanish name	palo blanco, palo de burro (Dominican Republic)
Other name	lombay (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Ilex laevigata (Pursh) A.Gray
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	ME North America (USA: Maine to Louisiana to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	ME
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	hyg
Use	cl
Synonym	Prinos laevigatus Dum.Cours. Prinos laevigatus Pursh
English name	smooth holly; smooth winterberry
French name	houx soyeux
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Latin name	Ilex lamprophylla Standl.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
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Synonym	Ilex carpinterae Standl. Ilex davidsoniae Standl. Ilex discolor var. lamprophylla (Standl.) Edwin Ilex tristis Standl.
English name	shiningleaf holly
French name	houx à feuilles luisantes
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Latin name	Ilex longipes Chapm. ex Trel.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: Texas to Virginia to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	S
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes
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Synonym	Ilex cuthbertii (Fernald) Small Ilex decidua var. longipes (Chapm.) Ahles Ilex longipes var. hirsuta Lundell
English name	Georgia holly; Chapman holly
French name	houx de la Georgie
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Latin name	Ilex macfadyenii (Walp.) Rehder
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr (leaves decoction taken orally for fever, roots and bark tea taken orally for phlegm, leaves, roots and bark as duretic and diaphoretic)
Synonym	Ilex macfadyenii var. caribaea Stehlé & Quentin Ilex macfadyenii var. domingensis Moscoso Ilex macfadyenii var. occidentalis Moscoso Ilex montana (Sw.) Griseb. non Torr. & A. Gray ex A. Gray Ilex montana var. orientalis Loes. Prinos macfadyenii Walp. Prinos montanus Sw.
English name	winterberry holly; Carribbean holly (Puerto Rico); winter berry (Jamaica)
French name	houx graines-vertes; feuilles houx (Haiti); graines vertes; graines vertes pruneau (Guadeloupe); houx (Haiti); petit citronnier (Guadeloupe); petit houx (Haiti); pruneau; ti citron (Dominica)
Spanish name	acebo cubano (Cuba); acebo cubano de sierra (Dominican Republic); acebo de sierra (Cuba, Puerto Rico); palo blanco (Dominican Republic)
Other name	fèy wou, ti wou, wou (creole, Haiti)
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Latin name	Ilex maxima W.J.Hahn
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	largest holly
French name	houx grandissime
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Latin name	Ilex microwrightioides Loes.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Ilex microwrightioides var. calvescens Loes.
English name	Hispaniola holly
French name	houx d'Hispaniola
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Latin name	Ilex moana Borhidi & O.Muñiz
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	Moa holly
French name	houx de Moa
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Latin name	Ilex montana Torr. & A Gray ex A.Gray
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	MC ME North America (USA: New York to Alabama to Georgia)
North America distribution zone	MC ME
Height	M
Foliage	D
Ecology	mes
Use	fr
Synonym	Ilex ambigua ssp. montana (Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray) E.Murray Ilex ambigua var. montana (Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray) H.E.Ahles Ilex ambigua var. monticola (A.Gray) Wunderlin & Peppleton Ilex ambigua var. monticola (Wood) Wunderlin & Poppleton Ilex amelanchier var. monticola (A.Gray) Wood Ilex mollis A.Gray Ilex monticola A.Gray
English name	mountain holly; hulver, large-leaved holly, mountain winterberry
French name	houx de montagne; apalachine
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Latin name	Ilex myrtifolia Walter
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	ME SE North America (Texas to North Carolina to Florida)
North America distribution zone	ME SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia (Walter) Sarg. Ilex dahoon var. myrtifolia (Walter) Chapm.
English name	myrtleleaf holly; dahoon, myrtle dahoon
French name	houx à feuilles de myrte
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Latin name	Ilex nitida (Vahl) Maxim.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico, West Indies)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Ilex dioica Griseb. Ilex nitida var. alexandri Loes. Prinos nitidus Vahl
English name	glossy holly; Puerto Rico holly (Puerto Rico)
French name	houx luisant; bois de houe (Martinique); bois petit-Jean, citronnier; citronnier blanc, graines vertes, pruneau, pruneau noir (Guadeloupe)
Spanish name	briqueta, briqueta naranjo, cuero de sapo, hueso prieto, palo de murta (Puerto Rico)
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Latin name	Ilex obcordata Sw.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Jamaica, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	serp
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Synonym	Ilex formonica Loes.
English name	obcordate holly
French name	houx obcordé
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Latin name	Ilex opaca Aiton
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	MC ME SE North America (Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Illinois to Maine, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E
Ecology	sci mes->xer
Use	cl (Christmas decorations, emblem tree of Delaware State of USA) dr fr ma pl ti (finish, novelties, turned work) tx (fruits)
Synonym	Ilex laxiflora Lam. Ilex opaca var. ß integra Wood
English name	American holly; Christmas holly, evergreen holly, holly, hollywood, prickly holly, white holly p.p.
French name	houx d'Amérique; houx touffu
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Other name	Amerikanische Hülse, Amerikanische Stechpalme, Nordamerikanische Stechpalme (german)
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Latin name	Ilex opaca var. arenicola (Ashe) Ashe
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S?
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Synonym	Ilex arenicola Ashe Ilex cumulicola Small Ilex pygmaea McFarlin
English name	dune American holly; dune holly, hummock holly, scrub holly
French name	houx d'Amérique arénicole
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Latin name	Ilex opaca Aiton var. opaca
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	MC ME SE North America (Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Illinois to Maine, Texas to Florida)
North America distribution zone	MC ME SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
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English name	typical American holly; American holly typical
French name	houx d'Amérique typique
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Other name	Amerikanische Hülse, Amerikanische Stechpalme (german)
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Latin name	Ilex pallida Standl.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	pale holly
French name	houx pâle
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Latin name	Ilex puberula Proctor
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Ecology	hel
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English name	downy holly
French name	houx pubérulant
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Latin name	Ilex repanda Griseb.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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Synonym	Ilex divica Griseb. Ilex grisebachii Maxim. Ilex grisebachii var. haitiensis Loes. Ilex montana Griseb. Ilex repandoides Loes.
English name	Cuban holly
French name	houx de Cuba
Spanish name	naranjo blanco (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ilex sideroxyloides (Sw.) Griseb.
Family	Aquifoliaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	ma ti
Synonym	Cassine maurocenia Sieb. non L. Prinos sideroxyloides Sw.
English name	falseironwood holly; black beech, blue box, holly; white birch (Montserrat)
French name	houx faux-bois de fer; bois citron, citronnier, citronnier blanc (Guadeloupe); ti-citron (Dominica)
Spanish name	gongoli, gongolin (Puerto Rico)
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