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the web of life in southern Africa

Illicium verum (Star anise)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Order:Austrobaileyales > Family: Schisandraceae

Cultivated in southern Africa. Previously placed in the Illiciaceae, which has been synonymised in the Schisandraceae.