Ilex purpurea

Taxobox
name = "Ilex chinensis"

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status =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Celastrales
familia = Aquifoliaceae
genus = "Ilex"
species = "I. purpurea"
binomial = "Ilex purpurea"
binomial_authority = Hassk.cite web|url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19766 |title=Ilex purpurea information from NPGS/GRIN |accessdate=2008-02-09 ]
synonyms =
*"Ilex chinensis auct."
*"Ilex oldhamii" Miq.
*"Ilex purpurea" var. "oldhamii" (Miq.) Loes.

"Ilex purpurea" is a species of holly, a flowering plant in the family Aquifoliaceae. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name "dōng qīng" ().

ee also

*Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs

References