Aquifoliaceae familia_authority = DC. (A. P. de Candolle) ex A.Rich. genus = Ilex genus_authority = L. (Carolus Linnaeus) subdivision_ranks = Species subdivision = About 600, see text

Holly (Ilex, pron-en?a?l?ks) is a genus of approximately 600 species of flowering plants in the family (family (biology)) Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family.