Illicium difengpi B.N.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Austrobaileyales > Schisandraceae > Illicium

Characteristics

Shrubs to 3 m tall. Perules small, inconspicuous. Leaves in clusters of 3-5 at distal nodes; petiole 1.3-2.5 cm; leaf blade oblanceolate to long elliptic, (7-)10-14 × (2-)3-5 cm, leathery to thickly leathery, midvein adaxially impressed, secondary veins 4-7 on each side of midvein, abaxially slightly prominent, and adaxially inconspicuous, base cuneate, apex acute to subrounded. Flowers axillary or subterminal. Flower peduncle 1.2-2.5 cm. Tepals (11-)15-17(-20), purplish red to red, broadly elliptic to suborbicular (largest), ca. 1.5 × 1 cm (largest), fleshy. Stamens (14-)20-23, 3-4 mm; filaments ca. 2 mm; connective shape unknown; anthers 3-3.5 mm; pollen grains trisyncolpate. Carpels usually 13, 4.5-5.5 mm; ovary 2-2.5 mm; style 2.5-3.5 mm. Fruit peduncle 1-4 cm. Fruit with 9-11 follicles; follicles 12-16 × 9-10 × ca. 3 mm. Seeds 6-7 × ca. 4.5 × 1.5-2.5 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Aug-Oct.
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Images

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Distribution

Illicium difengpi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:435471-1
WFO ID wfo-0000730081
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Synonyms

Illicium difengpi