Illicium tashiroi is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is a shrub or tree with leathery leaves, and ten to twenty white tepals. The species is native to Japan and Taiwan, and was described in 1888.
Taxonomy The species was described by Karl Maximovich in 1888.
Distribution Illicium tashiroi is native to the subtropical biome of Japan (Ryukyu Islands) and Taiwan. It grows in forests, at elevations of up to .
Description Illicium tashiroi is a shrub or small tree. The leaves are in clusters of three to five. The leaf stems are long. The leaves are thinly leathery, lanceolate-elliptic, long, and long.
The flower stems are long. The flowers have ten to twenty white tepals. The tepals are narrowly oblong, long, and wide. The flowers have seventeen to twenty stamens, and twelve to thirteen carpels. The plant flowers from April to August.
The fruit stems are long. The seeds are long, and wide.
Ecology Illicium tashiroi is eaten by moths and butterflies, including Caloptilia illicii and Papilio protenor.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as (), or (). In Jananese, it is known as ().
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