- Ilex cookii
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Ilex cookii Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Aquifoliales Family: Aquifoliaceae Genus: Ilex Species: I. cookii Binomial name Ilex cookii
Britt. & WilsonIlex cookii (Cook's Holly or te) is a species of plant in the Aquifoliaceae family. 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 on Puerto Rico.[1] Other specimens were probably destroyed when a communications tower was installed on Cerro de Punta.[1]
References
- ^ a b World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ilex cookii. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 April 2011.
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