Ilex
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Summary
Ilex is a taxon[1]. Ilex ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,906 views/month, #938 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: genus[3]
- Parent taxon: Aquifoliaceae[4]
- Taxon name: Ilex[5]
- Subclass of: tree[6]
- Commons category: Ilex[7]
- Taxonomic type: Ilex aquifolium[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ilex[9]
- Described by source: Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 45(2)[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6018[16]
- This taxon is source of: holly[17]
- Taxon common name: holly[18], بهشية[19], Pirkal[20], Джел[21], cesmína[22], Kristtorn[23], Stechpalmen[24], Ίληξ[25], Ilekso[26], Acebo[27], Iileks[28], خاس[29], Orjanlaakerit[30], Houx[31]
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Identifiers
Ilex's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4295[32]. Ilex's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 40226[33]. Ilex's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 10792217[34]. Ilex's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27980[35].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Ilex include Quercus ilex[36], a taxon[37]; Hollywood Road[38], a road[39], in People's Republic of China[40], founded in 1844[41]; and 8836 Aquifolium[42], an asteroid[43].
Why It Matters
Ilex has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Ilex is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for Ilex include Quercus ilex[36], a taxon[37]; Hollywood Road[38], a road[39], in People's Republic of China[40], founded in 1844[41]; and 8836 Aquifolium[42], an asteroid[43].