Holly

Holly
	European holly ( Ilex aquifolium ), illustration.
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
	Asterids
	Euasterids II
Order :	Holly
Scientific name
	Aquifoliales
	Mustard

Holly (Aquifoliales) are an order within the flowering plants (Magnoliopsida).

description

They are mostly woody plants with alternate leaves and very small stipules . The flowers are usually very small. They usually form stone fruits .

The Aquifoliales are the most basal group within the Euasterids II , i.e. the sister group of all other Euasterids II.

They are mainly found in the tropics .

In the order of the holly-like (Aquifoliales) there are five families with about 21 genera and about 536 species:

Holly family (Aquifoliaceae, Syn .: Ilicaceae): There is only one genus:
- Holly ( Ilex ): Contains 400 to 600 species.
Cardiopteridaceae (including Leptaulaceae and Peripterygiaceae ): The five to six genera with 43 to 45 species thrive in the tropics of South America , Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands and eastern Australia. They are climbing plants .
Helwingiaceae: There is only one genus:
- Helwingia : The only one to three species occur from the Himalayas to Japan and are trees or shrubs.
Phyllonomaceae: There is only one genus:
- Phyllonoma : The fouror sospecies occur in the Neotropics from Mexico to Peru and are shrubs or small trees.
Stemonuraceae : The approximately twelve genera with approximately 80 woody species thrive in the tropics of the Pacific region from Southeast Asia to Australian Queensland .

↑ ^a ^b Angiosperm Phylogeny Group : An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 161, No. 2, 2009, pp. 105-121, DOI: 10.1111 / j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x .

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