Illicium

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q5492045
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Illicium

Summary

Illicium is a taxon[1]. Illicium ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (409 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Illicium's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Illicium is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Illicium belongs to the parent taxon Schisandraceae[5].
  • Illicium belongs to the parent taxon Illiciaceae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Illicium is Illicium[7].
  • Illicium's Commons category is recorded as Illicium[8].
  • The taxonomic type of Illicium is Illicium anisatum[9].
  • Illicium's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Illicium[10].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 30(1)[11].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[12].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[13].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[14].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[19].
  • Illicium's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[20].
  • Illicium's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6022[21].
  • Illicium is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'anisetree'}[22].
  • Illicium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '八角属'}[23].
  • Illicium is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '八角属'}[24].
  • Illicium's has fruit type is recorded as follicle[25].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Illicium is Illicium[7]. Illicium is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Schisandraceae[5] and Illiciaceae[6]. The taxonomic type of Illicium is Illicium anisatum[9]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'anisetree'}[22], {'lang': 'zh-hans', 'text': '八角属'}[23], and {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '八角属'}[24].

Identifiers

Illicium's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 122999[26]. Illicium's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13097[27]. Illicium's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 61258[28]. Illicium's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2889755[29]. Illicium's ITIS TSN is recorded as 18082[30].

Why It Matters

Illicium ranks in the top 0.81% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (409 views/month, #1,580 of 195,241).[2] Illicium has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Illicium is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

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  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [27] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 30(1). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. Retrieved . efloras.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [26] . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of taxon
    Has fruit type follicle
    Aliases
    Topic's main category Category:Illicium
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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