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Ilex cookii

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA MAGNOLIOPSIDA CELASTRALES AQUIFOLIACEAE

Scientific Name: Ilex cookii
Species Authority: Britt. & Wilson
Common Name/s:
English – Cook's Holly

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered C2a, D ver 2.3
Year Published: 1998
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Reviewer/s:
Contributor/s:

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Known from a single tree with four root sprouts on Cerro de Punta and a few small plants and seedlings scattered along ridge tops on Monte Jayuya in Toro Negro State Forest. The species is thought to be dioecious, although male flowers have never been observed.
Countries:
Native:
Puerto Rico
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A small tree of cloud forest.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The construction of communication towers is likely to have destroyed a large part of the original population on Cerro de Punta. Further development, road building and trampling threaten remaining plants.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is listed on the US Endangered Species Act.
Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ilex cookii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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