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1. Ilex Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 125. 1753.

冬青属 dong qing shu

Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family.

The genus is classified into three subgenera. Ilex subg. Byronia (Endlicher) Loesener has only one species, I. polypyrena, and I. subg. Prinos includes 12 species. All other species belong to I. subg. Ilex and they are grouped into six sections.


Key 1 (Ilex sect. Lioprinus (Loesener) S. Y. Hu)

1 Margin of leaf blade entire; pyrenes abaxially 2- or 3-striate and 1- or 2-sulcate, or smooth, or 2- or 3-striate and not sulcate, or 1-sulcate   (2)
+ Margin of leaf blade usually entire, rarely serrate, crenate, crenate-serrate, or serrulate; pyrenes abaxially usually sulcate, sometimes concave or flat   (7)
       
2 (1) Pyrenes abaxially smooth, or 2- or 3-striate and not sulcate, endocarp leathery.   32 I. excelsa
+ Pyrenes 2- or 3-striate and 1- or 2-sulcate, rarely 1-sulcate (I. suichangensis), endocarp woody or subwoody   (3)
       
3 (2) Male flowers: peduncle 3-13 mm; calyx not ciliate   (4)
+ Male flowers (not seen in I. suichangensis): peduncle 14-25 mm; calyx ciliate   (5)
       
4 (3) Leaf blade 4-9 × 1.8-4 cm.   33 I. rotunda
+ Leaf blade 3.5-5 × 1.5-2 cm.   34 I. angulata
       
5 (3) Pyrenes 6-10.   35 I. umbellulata
+ Pyrenes 5 or 6   (6)
       
6 (5) Fruit ca. 10 mm in diam., pyrenes narrowly ellipsoidal, 9-10 mm, abaxially 1-sulcate; branchlets, peduncles, and pedicels glabrous.   36 I. suichangensis
+ Fruit ca. 4 mm in diam., pyrenes ellipsoidal, 2-2.5 mm, abaxially 3-striate and 2-sulcate; branchlets, peduncles, and pedicels pubescent.   37 I. godajam
       
7 (1) Margin of leaf blade entire, leathery or thickly leathery, rarely thinly leathery   (8)
+ Margin of leaf blade entire, serrate, crenate, crenate-serrate, or serrulate, leathery or subleathery, rarely papery, or papery to leathery   (18)
       
8 (7) Infructescence: a compound cyme, secondary axis well developed; leaf blade 9-19 × 3.5-8.5 cm.   2 I. maclurei
+ Female inflorescence or infructescence: a simple cyme, secondary axis not developed; leaf blade (2-)3-17 × 1-8.5 cm   (9)
       
9 (8) Leaf blade linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, or narrowly oblong, 9-16 × 1.1-5 cm   (10)
+ Leaf blade not above-mentioned shapes, (2-)3-17 × 1-8.5 cm   (11)
       
10 (9) Current year’s branchlets purple-black, glabrous; leaf blade reticulate veins adaxially obscure.   3 I. jiuwanshanensis
+ Current year’s branchlets sulfur-colored curved pubescent; leaf blade reticulate veins adaxially evident.   4 I. lancilimba
       
11 (9) Fruiting pedicels 0.5-1 mm, much shorter than peduncles.   5 I. tugitakayamensis
+ Female flowers: pedicels or fruiting pedicels 3-8 mm   (12)
       
12 (11) Plant densely pubescent   (13)
+ Plant glabrous   (14)
       
13 (12) Leaf blade leathery, 3-11 × 1-3.2 cm.   6 I. dasyphylla
+ Leaf blade thinly leathery, 4-11 × 2-4.5 cm.   7 I. lonicerifolia
       
14 (12) Peduncle 1.2-3.3 cm.   8 I. sterrophylla
+ Peduncle shorter than 2 cm   (15)
       
15 (14) Fruit (6-)9-10(-12) mm in diam..   9 I. editicostata
+ Fruit 5-7 mm in diam   (16)
       
16 (15) Branchlets and petioles stout; fruit with persistent calyx not ciliate.   10 I. robusta
+ Branchlets and petioles slender; fruit with persistent calyx ciliate   (17)
       
17 (16) Leaf blade midvein adaxially pubescent, reticulate veins obscure, petiole ± pubescent; pyrenes smooth when dry, abaxially shallowly sulcate.   11 I. litseifolia
+ Leaf blade midvein adaxially glabrous, reticulate veins evident on both surfaces, petiole glabrous; pyrenes rugose when dry, abaxially deeply 1-sulcate.   12 I. linii
       
18 (7) Branchlets glabrous throughout, sometimes current year’s branchlets and terminal bud puberulent or glabrescent   (19)
+ Branchlets densely pubescent, hirsute, or at least puberulent   (28)
       
19 (18) Leaf blade 12-18 × 4-7 cm   (20)
+ Leaf blade 2.5-11.7 × 1-5.5 cm   (22)
       
20 (19) Leaf blade midvein abaxially densely yellow tomentose or glabrous.   13 I. atrata
+ Leaf blade midvein abaxially glabrous   (21)
       
21 (20) Branchlets brown-yellow; leaf blade thinly leathery to papery, margin entire.   14 I. machilifolia
+ Branchlets purple-black; leaf blade papery, margin sparsely and shallowly serrulate.   15 I. pseudomachilifolia
       
22 (19) Inflorescences: often cymes umbelliform, rarely 1-flowered cymes; fruiting peduncles and pedicels 1.5-2.8 cm   (23)
+ Inflorescences: cymes usually not umbelliform; fruiting peduncles and pedicels 0.5-3.5 cm   (24)
       
23 (22) Leaf blade 2.5-5 × 1-2 cm.   16 I. huana
+ Leaf blade 5-6.5(-10) × 2-2.5(-4) cm.   17 I. suaveolens
       
24 (22) Leaf blade broadly elliptic, similar to pear leaves, margin serrulate or serrate; pyrenes oblong, endocarp stony.   18 I. pyrifolia
+ Leaf blade elliptic, oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or oblong, rarely ovate, margin crenate, sometimes serrate (when young), entire, or sparsely serrulate; pyrenes with endocarp leathery, thickly leathery, or substony   (25)
       
25 (24) Fruit narrowly globose or subglobose; leaf blade deep brown when dry   (26)
+ Fruit globose; leaf blade purple-brown or yellowish brown when dry   (27)
       
26 (25) Leaf blade glabrous throughout, rarely adaxially pilose on midvein when young.   19 I. chinensis
+ Leaf blade of all young leaves and midvein of mature leaves adaxially puberulent.   20 I. pubigera
       
27 (25) Leaf blade 6-11.5 × 3-6 cm.   21 I. melanophylla
+ Leaf blade 4-11.7 × 1.5-4.3 cm.   22 I. ficifolia
       
28 (18) Leaf blade oblong, obovate, lanceolate, or ovate-elliptic, 5-22 × 3.5-10 cm; inflorescences 3- or more flowered cymes; fruit 7-10 mm in diam   (29)
+ Leaf blade ovate, ovate-elliptic, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 2-12 × 1.5-5(-7.5) cm; female inflorescences usually 1-3-flowered, rarely 3-6-flowered cymes; fruit 5-10 mm in diam   (31)
       
29 (28) Leaf blade with midvein flat adaxially.   25 I. dehongensis
+ Leaf blade with midvein impressed adaxially   (30)
       
30 (29) Male inflorescences with peduncles 1.5-2.8 cm.   24 I. latifrons
+ Male inflorescences with peduncles 0.9-1.2 cm.   23 I. kwangtungensis
       
31 (28) Leaf blade margin sparsely serrate, undulate, or indistinctly serrulate, blade elliptic, glabrous except midvein puberulent adaxially   (32)
+ Leaf blade margin sparsely crenate-serrate, sometimes entire or undulate-crenulate, both surfaces hairy or adaxially only midvein pubescent   (33)
       
32 (31) Leaf blade 9-11 × 4-5 cm.   26 I. cheniana
+ Leaf blade 5-9 × 2.5-3.5(-7.5) cm.   27 I. qianlingshanensis
       
33 (31) Leaf blade leathery, ovate or ovate-elliptic, 2-7 × 1.5-3.5 cm, both surfaces ferruginous villous.   28 I. ferruginea
+ Leaf blade papery, leathery, or thinly leathery, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or elliptic-lanceolate, 6-12 × 2-4 cm, both surfaces densely hirsute, yellow tomentose, or rarely adaxially only on midvein   (34)
       
34 (33) Leaf blade 8-12 cm, margin entire.   29 I. manneiensis
+ Leaf blade 6-9 cm, margin sparsely crenate-serrate or undulate-crenulate   (35)
       
35 (34) Fruiting peduncles ca. 15 mm.   30 I. hirsuta
+ Fruiting peduncles 3-5 mm.   31 I. longzhouensis

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