Illiciaceae

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Illiciaceae"


image_width = 240px
image_caption = from Koehler (1887)
regnum = "Plantae",
angiosperms
ordo = "Austrobaileyales"
familia = "Illiciaceae"
familia_authority = A.C.Sm (1947)
subdivision_ranks = genera
subdivision = see text

"Illiciaceae" is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists, at least for the past several decades.

The APG II system, of 2003 does not recognize such a family, not as such. However, it does allow the option of segregating this from the family "Schisandraceae". This (optional segregate) family then has the traditional circumscription, consisting of a single genus, "Illicium", of a few dozen species occurring in Southeast Asia and the New World (the West Indies and the adjacent areas of North America).

For furter details of placement in various systems see the entry for family "Schisandraceae".

"External links :":* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/illiciac.htm Illiciaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards) " [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants:] descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval". Version: 3rd May 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.:* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10450 Illiciaceae in the "Flora of North America"]