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Ilex opaca

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Internal ID UUID644021965d2b7130915069
Scientific name Ilex opaca
Authority Aiton
First published in Hort. Kew. 1: 169 (1789)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ageria opaca Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 47 (1838)
Ilex americana Lam. J. Hist. Nat. 1: 416 (1792)
Ilex quercifolia Meerb. Pl. Select. Icon. Pict. : t. 5 (1798)
Ilex opaca f. subintegra Weath. Rhodora 23: 119 (1921)
Ilex opaca f. xanthocarpa Rehder Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 16: 73 (1907 publ. 1908)
Ilex opaca var. subintegra Rehder Man. Cult. Trees : 543 (1927)
Ilex opaca var. floribunda Demcker Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 13: 155 (1904 publ. 1905)
Ilex opaca var. integra Alph.Wood Amer. Bot. Fl. 1: 207 (1870)
Ilex opaca var. macrodon Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 8 (1830)
Ilex opaca var. latifolia Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 8 (1830)
Ilex opaca var. acuminata Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 8 (1830)
Ilex opaca var. globosa Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 8 (1830)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american holly
Arabic بهشية ظلامية
Czech cesmína americká
Czech cesmína temná
Persian خاس آمریکایی
French houx americain
French houx américain
Japanese アメリカヒイラギ
Japanese アメリカヒイラギモチ
Norwegian Bokmål amerikakristtorn
Chinese 北美齿叶冬青
Chinese 北美冬青
Chinese 美國冬青
Chinese 北美齒葉冬青

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Ilex opaca var. laxiflora (Lam.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 109 (1818)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000729683
UNII BF9A03E2PH
Flora of Alabama 431
Cornell Woody Plants 337
Canadensys 2670
USDA Plants ILOP
UConn 219
Tropicos 2000238
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30066096-2
The Plant List kew-2861190
Missouri Botanical Garden 276155
PFAF Ilex opaca
PaleoBotany 39631
Open Tree Of Life 660052
NCBI Taxonomy 101729
Nature Serve 2.132716
IUCN Red List 20680285
IPNI 83587-1
iNaturalist 60749
GBIF 5414248
Freebase /m/02cmvn
FEIS plants/tree/ileopa
EPPO ILEOP
EOL 582641
USDA GRIN 19755
Wikipedia Ilex_opaca
US Library of Congress sh2006002856

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Labeled temperate hardwood tree stomatal image datasets from seven taxa of Populus and 17 hardwood species Wang J, Renninger HJ, Ma Q Sci Data 02-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10762138
doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02657-3
PMID:38168111
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn survival and the influence of landscape characteristics on fawn predation risk in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA Edge AC, Rosenberger JP, Yates CJ, Little AR, Killmaster CH, Johannsen KL, Osborn DA, Kilgo JC, Miller KV, D’Angelo GJ PLoS One 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10470973
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288449
PMID:37651350
Effects of drought, disturbance, and biotic neighborhood on experimental tree seedling performance Ramage BS, Johnson DJ, Chan DM Ecol Evol 15-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10427772
doi:10.1002/ece3.10413
PMID:37593754
Attaining freshwater and estuarine-water soil saturation in an ecosystem-scale coastal flooding experiment Hopple AM, Doro KO, Bailey VL, Bond-Lamberty B, McDowell N, Morris KA, Myers-Pigg A, Pennington SC, Regier P, Rich R, Sengupta A, Smith R, Stegen J, Ward ND, Woodard SC, Megonigal JP Environ Monit Assess 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9958149
doi:10.1007/s10661-022-10807-0
PMID:36826723
Twenty-Seven Year Response of South Carolina Coastal Plain Forests Affected by Hurricane Hugo Heaton R, Song B, Williams T, Conner W, Baucom Z, Williams B Plants (Basel) 04-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9967406
doi:10.3390/plants12040691
PMID:36840040
Single Night Surveys of Moth Communities Can Serve as Ultra-Rapid Biodiversity Assessments Duran DP, Timar M, Rothauser B Insects 09-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9781280
doi:10.3390/insects13121135
PMID:36555045
The chromosome-level holly (Ilex latifolia) genome reveals key enzymes in triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis and fruit color change Xu KW, Wei XF, Lin CX, Zhang M, Zhang Q, Zhou P, Fang YM, Xue JY, Duan YF Front Plant Sci 22-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9441949
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.982323
PMID:36072321
Testing a generalized leaf mass estimation method for diverse tree species and climates of the continental United States Dettmann GT, MacFarlane DW, Radtke PJ, Weiskittel AR, Affleck DL, Poudel KP, Westfall J Ecol Appl 16-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9787613
doi:10.1002/eap.2646
PMID:35524985
The co‐existence of multiple oak leaf flushes contributes to the large within‐tree variation in chemistry, insect attack and pathogen infection Gaytán Á, Moreira X, Castagneyrol B, Van Halder I, De Frenne P, Meeussen C, Timmermans BG, Ten Hoopen JP, Rasmussen PU, Bos N, Jaatinen R, Pulkkinen P, Söderlund S, Covelo F, Gotthard K, Tack AJ New Phytol 26-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9545873
doi:10.1111/nph.18209
PMID:35514157
Insect infestations and the persistence and functioning of oak-pine mixedwood forests in the mid-Atlantic region, USA Clark KL, Aoki C, Ayres M, Kabrick J, Gallagher MR PLoS One 04-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9067937
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0265955
PMID:35507583
Non-Native Non-Apis Bees Are More Abundant on Non-Native Versus Native Flowering Woody Landscape Plants Potter DA, Mach BM Insects 28-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8951211
doi:10.3390/insects13030238
PMID:35323536
Increased growth rates of stream salamanders following forest harvesting Guzy JC, Halstead BJ, Halloran KM, Homyack JA, Willson JD Ecol Evol 24-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8717314
doi:10.1002/ece3.8238
PMID:35003634
Spatial Heterogeneity of Sympatric Tick Species and Tick-Borne Pathogens Emphasizes the Need for Surveillance for Effective Tick Control Machtinger ET, Nadolny RM, Vinyard BT, Eisen L, Hojgaard A, Haynes SA, Bowman L, Casal C, Li AY Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 31-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC10860641
doi:10.1089/vbz.2021.0027
PMID:34463140
A simplified and affordable approach to forest monitoring using single terrestrial laser scans and transect sampling Pokswinski S, Gallagher MR, Skowronski NS, Loudermilk EL, Hawley C, Wallace D, Everland A, Wallace J, Hiers JK MethodsX 09-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8374719
doi:10.1016/j.mex.2021.101484
PMID:34434882
Long-term effects of catastrophic wind on southern US coastal forests: Lessons from a major hurricane Sharma A, Ojha SK, Dimov LD, Vogel JG, Nowak J PLoS One 06-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7787386
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243362
PMID:33406083

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