Illicium brevistylum is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is a shrub or tree, with leathery leaves, and pale red tepals.
The species is native to southern China, and was described in 1947.
Taxonomy Illicium brevistylum was described by Albert Charles Smith in 1947.
Distribution Illicium brevistylum is native to the subtropical biome of south-east and south-central China. The species is present in Guangdong, Guangxi, southern Hunan, and Yunnan. It grows on rocks, in forests and thickets, at elevations of .
Description Illicium brevistylum is a tree or shrub, up to tall.
The leaves form clusters of three to five, and are narrowly oblong-elliptical to oblanceolate in shape. The leaves are thin, leathery, long, and wide.
The flowers grow on stems. The flowers have nine to eleven tepals, which are pale red. The largest tepals are in length and width. The outer tepals are papery, and the inner tepals are fleshy. The plant has fourteen to twenty stamens, and twelve to thirteen carpels. The plant flowers in April, May, and October.
The fruits have eleven to thirteen follicles, and stems. The plant fruits from April to May, and October to November. The seeds are long.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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