Table 1. Species list.
Species included in Quercus Group Ilex according to Denk & Grimm, (2010); nomenclature followed Govaerts & Frodin (1998); species investigated in the present study are bolded. Taxonomic remarks and species distributions according to Govaerts & Frodin (1998).
| Species | Taxonomic remarks | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Q. acrodonta Seemen | Includes Q. handeliana A. Camusa/b | C, E and S China |
| Q. alnifolia Poech | Cyprus | |
| Q. aquifolioides Rehder & E.H.Wilson | Includes Q. semecarpifolia subsp. glabraa | Tibet, C and SW China to Myanmar |
| Q. aucheri Jaub. & Spach | SW Anatolia | |
| Q. baloot Griff. | Pakistan, Afghanistan | |
| Q. baronii Skan | Numerous morpho-ecological traits in common with members of Group Cerrisa | NC and SW China |
| Q. bawanglingensis C.C. Huang, Ze X. Li & F.W. Xing | Poorly known; uncertain status, related to Q. phillyreoidesb | SE China |
| Q. coccifera L. | Includes Q. calliprinos Webba | Mediterranean |
| Q. cocciferoides Hand.-Mazz. | Includes Q. taliensis A. Camusb | CS China |
| Q. floribunda Lindl. ex A. Camus | Basionym: Q. dilatata Lindl. ex A.DC. nom. illegit. | Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal |
| Q. dolicholepis A. Camus | Includes Q. fimbriatab | CW to SW China |
| Q. engleriana Seemen | Tibet to E China, Myanmar | |
| Q. fimbriata Y.C. Hsu & H. Wei Jen | Included in Q. semecarpifoliaa or Q. dolicholepisb | C China |
| Q. franchetii Skan | C China to N Vietnam | |
| Q. gilliana Rehder & E.H. Wilson | Included in Q. spinosab | Tibet, C and S China |
| Q. guyavifolia H. Lév. | Included in Q. semecarpifolia subsp. glabraa; Q. pannosa or Q. aquifolioides var. rufescensb | C and S China |
| Q. ilex L. | Mediterranean | |
| Q. kingiana Craib | C China to N Thailand | |
| Q. lanata Sm. | Included in Q. leucotrichophorab | Buthan to Vietnam |
| Q. leucotrichophora A. Camus | Basionym: Q. incana Roxb. nom. illegit. | N Pakistan, N India, Nepal to N Vietnam |
| Q. lodicosa O.E. Warb. & E.F. Warb. | SE Tibet to Myanmar | |
| Q. longispica (Hand.-Mazz.) A. Camus | Includes Q. semecarpifolia subsp. glabraa; Q. rehderianab | C and S China |
| Q. marlipoensis Hu & Cheng | Poorly knowna; very close to Q. englerianab | C China |
| Q. monimotricha Hand.-Mazz. | C and S China | |
| Q. oxyphylla Hand.-Mazz. | Includes Q. spathulata Seemen; included in Q. dolicholepisb | C and S China |
| Q. pannosa Hand.-Mazz. | Possibly conspecific with Q. semecarpifoliaa | C and S China |
| Q. phillyreoides A. Gray | Includes Q. utilisa | C China to Japan |
| Q. pseudosemecarpifolia A. Camus | Includes Q. semecarpifolia subsp. glabraa, Q. rehderianab | Tibet to CS China |
| Q. rehderiana Hand.-Mazz. | Included in Q. semecarpifolia subsp. glabraa; includes Q. longispica and Q. pseudosemecarpifoliab | Tibet to C and S China |
| Q. semecarpifolia Sm. | Includes: Q. fimbriata, Q. gujavifolia, Q. aquifolioides, Q. rehderiana, Q. longispica, Q. pseudosemecarpifoliaa | Afghanistan to Myanmar |
| Q. senescens Hand.-Mazz. | E Himalaya, Tibet, C and S China | |
| Q. setulosa Hickel & A. Camus | C China to Vietnam | |
| Q. spinosa David | NC and SW China to Taiwan | |
| Q. tarokoensis Hayata | E Taiwan | |
| Q. utilis Hu & Cheng | Included in Q. phillyreoides subsp. fokiensisa | C China |