''Ilex sinica'' is a species of flowering plant in the holly family Aquifoliaceae, native to

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

and

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

provinces of China. A morphological and genetic study showed that it is basal in its genus.

References

sinica Endemic flora of China Flora of Yunnan Flora of Guangxi Plants described in 1950 {{Ilex-stub