Ilex or holly, is a genus of over 560 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. Ilex has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones worldwide.
Additional popular varieties include:
Ilex crenata Japanese Holly
Ilex verticillata winterberry, Possumhaw
Ilex cornuta "Burfordii"
Ilex cornuta "Dwarf Burford"
Ilex vomitoria yaupon holly