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Ilex sp., Holly (Hollies)

genus Ilex Linnaeus (1753)

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (99.7 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, Angiosperms, order Aquifoliales, family Aquifoliaceae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Akita, Miyagi
• Pleistocene: Fukushima, Tochigi, Hiroshima
• Investigation in progress: Fukui

• Subtaxa
• I. daijimaensis
• I. macropoda
• I. ohashii
• I. serrata, Japanese winterberry