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Illicium

The genus Illicium is in the family Schisandraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Illicium

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Illicium angustisepalum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium arborescens Hayata Accepted M TRO
Illicium brevistylum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium burmanicum E.H. Wilson Accepted M TRO
Illicium cubense A.C.Sm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Illicium difengpi B.N. Chang Accepted M TRO
Illicium dunnianum Tutcher Accepted M TRO
Illicium floridanum J. Ellis Accepted M TRO
Illicium griffithii Hook. f. & Thomson Accepted M TRO
Illicium henryi Diels Accepted M TRO
Illicium jiadifengpi B.N. Chang Accepted M TRO
Illicium lanceolatum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium leiophyllum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium macranthum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium majus Hook. f. & Thomson Accepted M TRO
Illicium merrillianum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium micranthum Dunn Accepted M TRO
Illicium modestum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium oligandrum Merr. & Chun Accepted M TRO
Illicium pachyphyllum A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium parviflorum Michx. ex Vent. Accepted M TRO
Illicium parvifolium Merr. Accepted M TRO
Illicium petelotii A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium philippinense Merr. Accepted M TRO
Illicium simonsii Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Illicium tashiroi Maxim. Accepted M TRO
Illicium tenuifolium (Ridl.) A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium ternstroemioides A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium tsaii A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium tsangii A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Illicium verum Hook. f. Accepted M TRO
Illicium wardii A.C. Sm. Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 71 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Illicium. Of these 32 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 16 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Illicium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 71 species names for the genus Illicium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 32 45.1%
Synonym 16 22.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 23 32.4%

All names

The status of the 87 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Illicium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 32 36.8%
Synonym 31 35.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 24 27.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 71 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Illicium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 32 16 0 0 48 67.6%
Low confidence 0 0 0 23 23 32.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Illicium, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 31 16 0 3 0 50 70.4%
WCSP (in review) 1 0 0 20 0 21 29.6%