Quercus ilex

Oak tree species native to the Mediterranean
Taxon taxon Q218155
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Summary

Quercus ilex is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,604 views/month, #1,304 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: medicinal plant[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Named after: Ilex[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Oak[7]
  • Taxon name: Quercus ilex[8]
  • Subclass of: tree[9]
  • Commons category: Quercus ilex[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Quercus ilex[11]
  • Commons gallery: Quercus ilex[12]
  • Taxon synonym: Quercus integrifolia[13], Quercus alpina[14]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=30693[15]
  • This taxon is source of: holm oak[16]
  • Short name: Q. ilex[17]
  • Taxon common name: leccio[18], Holm Oak[19], dub cesmínovitý[20], encina[21], carrasca[22], chaparro[23], chaparra[24], carrasco[25], charrasco[26], alzina[27], lecinera[28], lezinera[29], derwen fythwyrdd[30], črničevje[31]
  • Length: 20[32], 10[33], 120[34], 40[35], 50[36], 8[37]
  • Height: 30[38]
  • Width: 60[39], 10[40]

Body

Identifiers

Quercus ilex's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 78805[41]. Quercus ilex's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 58334[42]. Quercus ilex's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1151536[43]. Quercus ilex's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2879098[44]. Quercus ilex's ITIS TSN is recorded as 506536[45].

Why It Matters

Quercus ilex has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nzpcn id → quercus-ilex
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Nzpcn id, update to ids following formatter url change ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/103607c2e7a|details]])"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Quercus integrifolia, Quercus alpina
    Verbaalpina id → C4446
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4446, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · PieterJanR · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon synonym → Quercus integrifolia, Quercus alpina
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon synonym: Quercus integrifolia"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Ilex
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Height → {'amount': '+30'}
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562963405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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