Difference between revisions of "Illicium"

Linnaeus

Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1042, 1050, 1370. 1759.

Common names: Star-anise
Etymology: Latin illicere, to allure
Synonyms: Badianifera Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
FNA>Volume Importer
imported>Volume Importer
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 12: Line 12:
 
|name=Badianifera
 
|name=Badianifera
 
|authority=Kuntze
 
|authority=Kuntze
 +
|rank=genus
 
}}
 
}}
 
|hierarchy=Illiciaceae;Illicium
 
|hierarchy=Illiciaceae;Illicium
Line 60: Line 61:
 
-->{{#Taxon:
 
-->{{#Taxon:
 
name=Illicium
 
name=Illicium
|author=
 
 
|authority=Linnaeus
 
|authority=Linnaeus
 
|rank=genus
 
|rank=genus
Line 72: Line 72:
 
|publication year=1759
 
|publication year=1759
 
|special status=
 
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_290.xml
+
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_290.xml
 
|genus=Illicium
 
|genus=Illicium
 
}}<!--
 
}}<!--
  
 
-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Illiciaceae]]
 
-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Illiciaceae]]

Latest revision as of 22:47, 5 November 2020

Leaves sometimes appearing whorled at ends of branches. Flowers erect to drooping; peduncle smooth to rugulose; perianth white, yellow, yellow-green, pink, or red to maroon, often glandular; outer tepals often bractlike and reduced, sometimes ciliolate, inner tepals often much larger and ligulate, sometimes only slightly larger and broadly obtuse, innermost often reduced, sometimes transitional to stamens; pistils orbicular to deltoid, styles narrow and acute, often recurved. Fruits dark brown, woody to leathery at maturity; peduncle sometimes thickened. Seeds glossy, dark brown to tawny or golden. x = 13, 14.

Distribution

North America, West Indies, Central America, and ne South America

Discussion

Species 42 (2 in the flora).

Key

1 Flowers 2.5-5 cm diam.; tepals 21-33, inner tepals ligulate, red-maroon, rarely white or pink; leaf apex acute to acuminate. Illicium floridanum
1 Flowers 0.8-1.2 cm diam.; tepals 11-16, inner tepals orbiculate-obovate, yellow-green; leaf apex obtuse to rounded. Illicium parviflorum