holly family

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holly family - widely distributed shrubs and trees

dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

order Sapindales, Sapindales - an order of dicotyledonous plants

genus Ilex, Ilex - a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies)

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Habitat: An evergreen tree member of the Illiciaceae family growing to about 17metres with shiny elliptical leaves, yellow flowers and glossy brown, star-shaped seedpods.

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Lin, Systematics and Evolution of the Family Illiciaceae, [Ph.D.

Illicium verum Extract and Trans-Anethole Attenuate Ovalbumin-Induced Airway Inflammation via Enhancement of [Foxp3.sup.+] Regulatory T Cells and Inhibition of Th2 Cytokines in Mice

Illicium verum (Common name Badian-i-khatai) belongs to family Illiciaceae. Seed part is used.

Evaluation of Antioxidant Effects and Inhibitory Activity of Medicinal Plants against Lipid Peroxidation Induced by Iron and Sodium Nitroprusside in the Mouse Brain

Brown, "Phytochemistry of Illicium dunnianum and the systematic position of the Illiciaceae," Phytochemistry, vol.

The Nutraceutical Dehydrozingerone and Its Dimer Counteract Inflammation- and Oxidative Stress-Induced Dysfunction of In Vitro Cultured Human Endothelial Cells: A Novel Perspective for the Prevention and Therapy of Atherosclerosis

(Illiciaceae), analisaram que a quantidade de estomatos encontrados por area ([mm.sup.2]) diferiu significativamente nas superficies adaxial e abaxial da folha, sendo que a face inferior apresentou maior numero de estomatos, o que pode ter influenciado a ocorrencia da menor resistencia difusiva e maior taxa transpiratoria.

Osmocote[R] on development and physiological behaviour of seedlings pitangueira/Osmocote[R] no desenvolvimento e comportamento fisiologico de mudas de pitangueira

The four-celled female gametophyte of Illicium (Illiciaceae; Austrobaileyales): implications for understanding the origin and early evolution of monocots, eumagnoliids, and eudicots.