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Ilex theezans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Genus: Ilex
Species: I. theezans
Binomial name
Ilex theezans
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Ilex theezans, also I. theæzans and I. theazans, is a species of the genus Ilex in the family Aquifoliaceae, native to Brazil and typically found in its Atlantic Forest. It is sometimes used as an adulterant of maté and sometimes confused with the yerba maté (I. paraguarensis). In Brazil, it is sometimes called orelha-de-mico; but is more often simply known as congonha ("holly") or caúna (along with I. dumosa.

The species includes the subspecies I. theezans hieronymiana; the varieties I. theezans var. acrodonta, augusti, fertilis, gracilior, grandifolia, leptopylla, pachypylla, typica, and warmingiana; and the forms I. theezans f. glabra and puberula.

References

  1. Grandtner, M. M. Chevrette, Julien. (2013-09-21). Dictionary of trees. nomenclature, taxonomy and ecology : with names in Latin, English, French, Spanish, and more. ISBN 9780123969545. OCLC 861537228.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Kim, Hye Kyong; Saifullah; Khan, Saifullah; Wilson, Erica G.; Kricun, Sergio D. Prat; Meissner, Axel; Goraler, Sibel; Deelder, André M.; Choi, Young Hae; Verpoorte, Robert (May 2010). "Metabolic classification of South American Ilex species by NMR-based metabolomics". Phytochemistry. 71 (7): 773–784. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.02.001. ISSN 0031-9422. PMID 20199787.
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Ilex theezans


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