Ilex myrtifoliaWalter

myrtle dahoon

WFO wfo-0001078501 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. a Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / 2021-11-14 / obs. 168962970
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Lauren McLaurin
fig. b Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158288118
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. c Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 127833103
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Jessica
fig. d Jessica, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62977735
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Jay Horn
fig. e Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 40826615
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Will McFarland
fig. f Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 38460123
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Alan Weakley
fig. g Alan Weakley, CC0 1.0 / obs. 204228308
Ilex myrtifolia, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. h Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202742185

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Ilex myrtifolia is native: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth Carolina
Native distribution of Ilex myrtifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ilex cassine subsp. myrtifolia (Walter) A.E.Murray
  • Ilex cassine var. myrtifolia (Walter) Sarg.
  • Ilex dahoon var. myrtifolia (Walter) Chapm.
  • Ilex myrtifolia f. lowei S.F.Blake

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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