Family: Aquifoliaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for coppices and shrublands in the northwestern Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Abaco, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 862) for coppices and shrublands in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10-8). The typical variety of I. nitida has been reported for the Bahamas in error.
Comments:
For a specimen image, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Ilex repanda.
