Taxon: Ilex mucronata (L.) M. Powell et al.

Common names:

• catberry   (Source: F Canada [as Nemopanthus mucronata]) – English
  
• mountain-holly   (Source: F Canada [as Nemopanthus mucronata]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Maryland

References:

• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2) [= Nemopanthus mucronatus].
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US) [= Nemopanthus mucronatus].
• Powell, M. et al. 2000. The mountain holly (Nemopanthus mucronatus: Aquifoliaceae) revisited with molecular data. Kew Bull. 55:341–347.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada) [= Nemopanthus mucronata].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ilex mucronata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ilex mucronata. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Nemopanthus mucronatus (L.) Trel.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Vaccinium mucronatum L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Ilex mucronata (L.) M. Powell et al.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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