Illicium
L.
Description and distribution as for family.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Follicles clavate with subapical beaks | 4. Illicium simonsii |
| b. Follicles narrowed to apex, with apical beaks | 2 |
| 3a. Inner perianth segments thin, narrowly oblong, ciliolate, much longer than outer ones | 3. Illicium manipurense |
| b. Inner perianth segments fleshy, rounded, eciliolate, not much longer than outer ones | 3 |
| 3a. Perianth segments ca 7; filaments as long as anthers; stamens 9 - 13 | 1. Illicium cambodianum |
| b. Perianth segments ca 24; filaments shorter than anthers; stamens 20 - 24 | 2. Illicium griffithii |
