View source for Illicium ← Illicium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Illicium |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Syst. Nat. ed. |place=10, 2: 1042, 1050, 1370. 1759 |year=1759 }} |common_names=Star-anise |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Badianifera |authority=Kuntze |rank=genus }} |hierarchy=Illiciaceae;Illicium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Illiciaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Illicium]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin illicere, to allure |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="end arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>sometimes appearing whorled at ends of branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>erect to drooping;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="peduncle relief">peduncle smooth to rugulose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth coloration;perianth architecture or function or pubescence">perianth white, yellow, yellow-green, pink, or red to maroon, often glandular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="outer tepal shape;outer tepal size;outer tepal pubescence;inner tepal size;inner tepal architecture;inner tepal size;inner tepal shape;inner tepal position;inner tepal size;inner tepal architecture">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;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pistil shape;style size or width;style shape;style orientation">pistils orbicular to deltoid, styles narrow and acute, often recurved.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit texture"><b>Fruits </b>dark-brown, woody to leathery at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="peduncle size or width">peduncle sometimes thickened.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties=""><b>Seeds </b>glossy, dark-brown to tawny or golden.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="seed reflectance;seed coloration;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 13, 14.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;and ne South America |discussion=<p>Species 42 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |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|Illicium floridanum]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Flowers 0.8-1.2 cm diam.; tepals 11-16, inner tepals orbiculate-obovate, yellow-green; leaf apex obtuse to rounded. |[[Illicium parviflorum|Illicium parviflorum]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Illicium |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Badianifera |basionyms= |family=Illiciaceae |distribution=North America;West Indies;Central America;and ne South America |reference=None |publication title=Syst. Nat. ed. |publication year=1759 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_290.xml |genus=Illicium |end arrangement=whorled |flower orientation=erect;drooping |fruit coloration=dark-brown |fruit texture=woody;leathery |inner tepal architecture=transitional;ligulate |inner tepal position=innermost |inner tepal shape=obtuse |inner tepal size=reduced;larger;larger |outer tepal pubescence=ciliolate |outer tepal shape=bractlike |outer tepal size=reduced |peduncle relief=smooth;rugulose |peduncle size or width=thickened |perianth architecture or function or pubescence=glandular |perianth coloration=red;maroon |pistil shape=orbicular;deltoid |seed coloration=dark-brown;tawny or golden |seed reflectance=glossy |style orientation=recurved |style shape=acute |style size or width=narrow |x chromosome quantity=14;13 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Illiciaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Illiciaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Illicium.