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Accession Data:

Illicium floridanum J.Ellis

  • Common Name: Florida Anise
  • Family: Schisandraceae Blume

  • Country of Origin: Southeastern N. America - Florida to Louisiana.
  • Habitat: Lowland wet areas, often in sandy soils along streams, swamp

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800085
  • Source: Mail Order Natives
  • Accession Date: 10-12-2018
  • Bench: 2318 - Equisetum - Low
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: basal angiosperms
  • Order: Austrobaileyales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Schisandraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021

References (internal):

  • Basal Angiosperms (paleodicots)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Alabama / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Mississippi

References (external):

  1. Illicium floridanum at Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Thursday, May 17, 2018.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 17, 2018.
  3. Illicium floridanum at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Monday, October 31, 2016.
  4. Star Anise: A Window Into the Earliest Flowering Plants at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, May 17, 2018.
  5. Illicium floridanum at USDA Plants Profile. Last accessed on Thursday, May 17, 2018.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:00:06 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Illicium floridanum

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Current Accessions in the Schisandraceae

  • Illicium floridanum
  • Illicium parviflorum
  • Kadsura japonica 'Fukurin'
  • Schisandra chinensis
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