Taxon	Illustrator ⠉
	Illicium floridanum Nelumbo lutea Schisandra glabra	John Myers John Myers John Myers

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).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Illicium floridanum, Illicium parviflorum

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