Illicium - Revision history

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:''This page is about the genus of plants. Illicium is also a term for the modified first dorsal fin ray of [[angler fish]]es, used to attract prey.''
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Illicium''
| image = StarAnise.JPG
| image_caption = [[Star anise]] fruits (''Illicium verum'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Austrobaileyales]]
| familia = [[Illiciaceae]]
| familia_authority = [[Van Tiegh.]]
| genus = '''''Illicium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 42 species; see article
}}

'''''Illicium''''' ('''Anise-tree''', '''Anise tree''') is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s containing 42 [[species]] of evergreen [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s, and is the sole genus in family [[Illiciaceae]]. The species are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of eastern and southeastern [[Asia]], southeastern [[North America]], and the [[West Indies]].

;Selected species
*''[[Japanese star anise|Illicium anisatum]]'' (Japanese Star Anise). Southern [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]].
*''[[Illicium arborescens]]''. [[Taiwan]].
*''[[Illicium floridanum]]'' (Purple Anise or Florida Anise). Southeastern [[United States]].
*''[[Illicium henryi]]'' (Henry's Anise). Southwestern [[China]].
*''[[Illicium lanceolatum]]''. Southern [[China]].
*''[[Illicium mexicanum]]'' (Mexican Anise). [[Mexico]].
*''[[Illicium parviflorum]]'' (Yellow Anise). Southeastern [[United States]].
*''[[Illicium ternstroemioides]]''. Southern [[China]].
*''[[star anise|Illicium verum]]'' (Star Anise). Southern [[China]], [[Vietnam]].

===Uses===
The fruits of ''Illicium verum'' are known as [[star anise]], and are used as a seasoning in Chinese and southeast-Asian cooking. [[Japanese star anise]] ''(Illicium anisatum)'' is used in [[Japan]] to produce [[incense]], but its fruits are toxic if ingested.

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 Illicium (Latin for allurement; probably in reference to the agreeable odor). Magnolidceae. Small trees or shrubs, one of which is sometimes planted far South.
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 Illicium anisatum, Linn. (I. religiosum, Sieb. & Zucc.). Small tree: lvs. alternate, elliptic, short-petioled, somewhat acuminate: fls. mostly solitary, sessile or nearly so, yellowish, not fragrant, with many very narrow petals, and 20-30 stamens. Japan. B.M. 3965.—Grown far S. About as hardy as camellia. There is a form with variegated lvs.
-Two native illiciums growing in the S. are: I. floridanum, Ellis. Shrub, 6-10 ft.: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 4-in. or more long: petals 20-30, very narrow, dark crimson or purple. Fla. to La. B.M.439. Gn. 36, p. 151. J.H. III. 30: 365; 52: 168. H.U. 5, p. 136. — I. parviflorum, Michx. Lvs. elliptic or lanceolate, mostly under 4 in. long: petals very small (1/4 in. long), 6-12, yellowish: less tall. Ga. and Fla.—A species appearing in European horticultural literature in recent years
+Two native illiciums growing in the S. are: I. floridanum, Ellis. Shrub, 6-10 ft.: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 4-in. or more long: petals 20-30, very narrow, dark crimson or purple. Fla. to La.— I. parviflorum, Michx. Lvs. elliptic or lanceolate, mostly under 4 in. long: petals very small (1/4 in. long), 6-12, yellowish: less tall. Ga. and Fla.—A species appearing in European horticultural literature in recent years is I. laurifolium, Hort. It is described as a handsome evergreen shrub: Ivs. short-stalked, oval, acute: fls. yellowish white, in many-fld. terminal cymes. Of uncertain origin.—I. verum, Hook, f. The true star anise: 9 ft.: lvs. elliptic to oblanceolate: fls. red, globose, the petals about 10. China.
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-''This page is about the genus of plants. Illicium is also a term for the modified first dorsal fin ray of [[angler fish]]es, used to attract prey.''
+==Cultivation==
-{{Taxobox
-| color = lightgreen
-| name = ''Illicium''
+===Propagation===
-| image = StarAnise.JPG
-| image_caption = [[Star anise]] fruits (''Illicium verum'')
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+===Pests and diseases===
 ;Selected species
-*''[[Japanese star anise|Illicium anisatum]]'' (Japanese Star Anise). Southern [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]].
+*''[[Japanese star anise|Illicium anisatum]]'' (Japanese Star Anise). Southern [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]]. fruits are toxic if ingested.
 *''[[Illicium arborescens]]''. [[Taiwan]].
 *''[[Illicium floridanum]]'' (Purple Anise or Florida Anise). Southeastern [[United States]].
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 *''[[Illicium ternstroemioides]]''. Southern [[China]].
 *''[[star anise|Illicium verum]]'' (Star Anise). Southern [[China]], [[Vietnam]].
-===Uses===
+{{stub}}
-The fruits of ''Illicium verum'' are known as [[star anise]], and are used as a seasoning in Chinese and southeast-Asian cooking. [[Japanese star anise]] ''(Illicium anisatum)'' is used in [[Japan]] to produce [[incense]], but its fruits are toxic if ingested.
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 One of the illiciums furnishes the star or Chinese anise, which is the small star-shaped cluster of fruits. The odor and flavor strongly resemble anise. It is much used in oriental countries in cookery, and is exported to some extent and is said to be used in flavoring certain French wines. This product comes from China. It has been supposed to be the product of I. anisalum of Linnaeus, but that plant is a Japanese tree and it contains a poison. In the American trade are the names I. anisalum and I. religiosum. It now transpires that these names belong to the same plant, and that the star anise is produced by another species. This other species, or the true star anise, was first accurately described and figured (as I. verum, Hook, f.) in B.M. 7005 (1888), where the confusion of two or three centuries is elucidated. There is probably only one east Asian illicium in the trade in North America, as follows:
-Illicium anisatum, Linn. (I. religidisum, Sieb. & Zucc.). Small tree: lvs. alternate, elliptic, short-petioled, somewhat acuminate: fls. mostly solitary, sessile or nearly so, yellowish, not fragrant, with many very narrow petals, and 20-30 stamens. Japan. B.M. 3965.—Grown far S. About as hardy as camellia. There is a form with variegated lvs.
+Illicium anisatum, Linn. (I. religiosum, Sieb. & Zucc.). Small tree: lvs. alternate, elliptic, short-petioled, somewhat acuminate: fls. mostly solitary, sessile or nearly so, yellowish, not fragrant, with many very narrow petals, and 20-30 stamens. Japan. B.M. 3965.—Grown far S. About as hardy as camellia. There is a form with variegated lvs.
-Two native illiciums growing in the S. are: 7. floriddnum, Ellis. Shrub, 6-10 ft.: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 4-in. or more long: petals 20-30, very narrow, dark crimson or purple. Fla. to La. B.M.439. Gn. 36, p. 151. J.H. III. 30: 365; 52: 168. H.U. 5, p. 136. — I. parrifldrum, Michx. Lvs. elliptic or lanceolate, mostly under 4 in. long: petals very small (1/4in. long), 6-12, yellowish: less tall. Ga. and Fla.—A species appearing in European horticultural literature in recent years
+Two native illiciums growing in the S. are: I. floridanum, Ellis. Shrub, 6-10 ft.: lvs. oblong-lanceolate, 4-in. or more long: petals 20-30, very narrow, dark crimson or purple. Fla. to La. B.M.439. Gn. 36, p. 151. J.H. III. 30: 365; 52: 168. H.U. 5, p. 136. — I. parviflorum, Michx. Lvs. elliptic or lanceolate, mostly under 4 in. long: petals very small (1/4 in. long), 6-12, yellowish: less tall. Ga. and Fla.—A species appearing in European horticultural literature in recent years
 is I. laurifolium, Hort. It is described as a handsome evergreen shrub: Ivs. short-stalked, oval, acute: fls. yellowish white, in many-fld. terminal cymes. Of uncertain origin. K.H. 1901, p. 17.—I. verum, Hook, f. The true star anise: 9 ft.: lvs. elliptic to oblanceolate: fls. red, globose, the petals about 10. China. L H. B.
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