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Austrobaileyales is an order of flowering plants consisting of about 100 [4] species of woody plants growing as trees, shrubs and lianas.The best-known species is Illicium verum, commonly known as star anise.
Illicium parviflorum, commonly known as yellow anisetree, [1] yellow-anise, swamp star-anise, [3] and small anise tree, [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae, or alternately, the Illiciaceae. It is native to Florida in the United States. It historically occurred in Georgia as well, but it has been extirpated from the ...
Star anise refers to Illicium verum Chinese star anise, and the spice derived from it. It can also refer to related poisonous plants: Illicium anisatum, Japanese star anise, similar in appearance to Illicium verum; Illicium floridanum, a shrub of the southeastern United States; Illicium parviflorum, swamp star anise, of the southeastern United ...
Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants for their flowers, foliage, and fragrance, leading to the development of several cultivars. [8] Many taxa can only be grown in low-light situations. [7] The essential oils of several species are used as flavorings and carminatives; however, the oils of I. anisatum and I. floridanum are toxic. I.
Illicium verum (star anise or badian, Chinese star anise, star anise seed, star aniseed and star of anise) is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to South China and northeast Vietnam. Its star-shaped pericarps harvested just before ripening is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor.
Illicium anisatum, with common names Japanese star anise, [1] Aniseed tree, [1] and sacred Anise tree, [1] known in Japanese as shikimi (樒, シキミ), is an evergreen shrub or small tree closely related to the Chinese star anise (Illicium verum).
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
The Illicium floridanum plant was first discovered in 1765 by the servant of a man named William Clifton, Esq. of West Florida. It was first observed growing in a swamp near Pensacola. In 1766, King George III's botanist, John Bartram, found the Illicium flordianum plant on St. Johns River bank located in East Florida. He made a drawing of the ...