Nota de aplicación
Genus containing around 400 species of red- or black-berried plants, including the popular Christmas hollies grown for ornamentation. Timber from the holly has a fine uniform texture. The trees provide shelter, protection from predators, and food for birds, other animals, and insects; the berries are mildly poisonous to humans. Ilex is the only living genus in the family Aquifoliaceae.
Ubicación jerarquía
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- .. organismo vivo (nombre jerárquico)
- .... organismo vivo (entidad)
- ...... Eucariota (dominio)
- ........ Plantae (reino)
- .......... Angiospermae (plantas con flores)
- ............ Magnoliopsida (class)
- .............. Aquifoliales (order)
- ................ Aquifoliaceae (family)
- .................. Ilex (genus)
- ...................... Ilex paraguariensis (species)