Ilex socorroensis is a species of flowering plant in the holly genus (Ilex). It is a tree native to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Islands west of Mexico's Pacific coast. It is a small tree, growing up to 8 meters tall.[1]
| Ilex socorroensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Aquifoliales |
| Family: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Ilex |
| Species: | I. socorroensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ilex socorroensis Brandegee (1910)
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It grows from 50 to 950 meters elevation on Socorro. At high elevations it is the dominant canopy tree in Ilex socorroensis forest.[1] Other forest canopy trees include Guettarda insularis, Sideroxylon socorrense, and Psidium oligospermum.[2] At middle elevations it grows in dry forest and shrubland. The population is small, estimated at 2,500 mature individuals. It is threatened by habitat loss, mostly from overgrazing by introduced sheep, cattle, and goats, which destroys native vegetation and accelerates soil erosion.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Fuentes, A.C.D., Martínez Salas, E. & Samain, M.-S. 2020. Ilex socorroensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T136751400A137376169. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136751400A137376169.en. Accessed on 8 April 2024.
- ^ Ricardo Rodriguez-Estrella, Eustolia Mata, Laura Rivera, Ecological Notes on the Green Parakeet of Isla Socorro, Mexico, The Condor, Volume 94, Issue 2, 1 May 1992, Pages 523–525, https://doi.org/10.2307/1369224