- Family:
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus:
- Quercus L.
Quercus ilex L.

Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Cyprus, Great Britain, Krym, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Portugal
- Quercus alpina Endl.
- Quercus bellota Colmeiro & E.Boutelou
- Quercus castellana Poir.
- Quercus crispa K.Koch
- Quercus cyclophylla Welw. ex Nyman
- Quercus expansa Poir.
- Quercus fagifolia K.Koch
- Quercus fordii (Loudon) Carr
- Quercus glauca Martrin-Donos & Timb.-Lagr.
- Quercus gracilis Lange
- Quercus gramuntia L.
- Quercus ilex subsp. genuina (Cout.) C.Vicioso
- Quercus ilex subsp. gracilis Rivas Mart. & Sáenz de Rivas
- Quercus ilex subsp. montserratensis Svent. & Marcet
- Quercus ilex f. obesa (Albert) F.M.Vázquez
- Quercus ilex subsp. refugiorum Radic
- Quercus ilex f. stenocarpa (Albert) F.M.Vázquez
- Quercus ilex f. urceolata (Martrin-Donos & Timb.-Lagr.) F.M.Vázquez
- Quercus ilicifolia Salisb.
- Quercus integrifolia Steud.
- Quercus laurei Coutange
- Quercus marcetii Pau
- Quercus mixta Reyn.
- Quercus montserratensis (Svent. & Marcet) Svent. & Marcet
- Quercus murbeckii Sennen
- Quercus oblonga K.Koch
- Quercus pseudoilex Chatin
- Quercus rotundifolia f. expansa (Poir.) F.M.Vázquez
- Quercus sempervirens Mill.
- Quercus sinuata Martrin-Donos & Timb.-Lagr.
- Quercus smilax L.
- Quercus variifolia Sweet
- English
- Holm Oak, Sweet Acorn Oak
Quercus ilex L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Lapeyrouse, P.P.de [s.n.], France | K001044711 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 995 (1753)
Accepted by
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2012). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 4: 1-431. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
- Vázquez Pardo, F.M. & al. (2018). Anotaciones a la nomenclatura del género Quercus L., (FAGACEAE) en la Península Ibérica y NW de África. Folia Botanica Extremadurensis 12: 5-79.
- Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hassler, M. (2012). Flora of Rhodes. Systematic list of flora of Rhodes http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~db111/flora/rhodos/list.php.
- Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.
- Webb, C.J., Sykes, W.R & Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988). Flora of New Zealand 4: 1-1365. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
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