Ilex cookii
Ilex cookii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Aquifoliales |
Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
Genus: | Ilex |
Species: | I. cookii
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Binomial name | |
Ilex cookii Britt. & Wilson
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Ilex cookii (Cook's holly or te) is a species of
habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species
of the United States.
Conservation
This tree is only known from a single specimen and a few seedlings in the cloud forests on Cerro de Punta and Monte Jayuya, both at Toro Negro State Forest in Puerto Rico.[1][2] Other specimens were probably destroyed when a communications tower was installed on Cerro de Punta.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 17 April 2011.