Ilex perlata
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Ilex perlata faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited range. Deforestation for coffee plantations and subsistence farming has fragmented the remaining forest patches where this holly species occurs. Climate change poses an additional threat through altered precipitation patterns affecting the moist forest conditions this species requires.
Habitat
Ilex perlata inhabits moist montane forests and cloud forest margins at elevations between 1,500-2,800 meters. The species requires well-drained soils in areas with consistent moisture and partial canopy cover typical of tropical highland ecosystems.