- Ilex theezans
Taxobox
name = "Ilex theezans"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Aquifoliales
familia = Aquifoliaceæ
genus = "Ilex "
species = "theezans"
binomial = "Ilex theezans"
binomial_authority = Mart."Ilex theezans", also "I. theæzans" and "I. theazans", is a species of the "
Ilex " genus in the Aquifoliaceæ family, native toBrazil and typically found amid itsAtlantic Forest vegetation . It is sometimes used as an adulterant ofmaté and sometimes confused with theyerba maté ("I. paraguarensis".) In Brazil, it is sometimes called "orelha-de-mico"; but is more often simply known as "congonha" ("holly") or "caúna" (along with "I. dumosa".The
species includes thesubspecies "I. theezans hieronymiana"; the varieties "I. theezans" var. "acrodonta", "augusti", "fertilis", "gracilior", "grandifolia", "leptopylla", "pachypylla", "typica", and "warmingiana"; and the forms "I. theezans" f. "glabra" and "puberula".ee also
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List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
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