Illicium modestum is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is a shrub or tree with leathery leaves and grenish-yellow tepals. I. modestum is native to China, and was described in 1947.
Taxonomy The species was described by Albert Charles Smith in 1947.
Distribution Illicium modestum is native to the subtropical biome of Yunnan, China. It grows on forest slopes, at elevations of around .
Description Illicium modestum is a shrub or tree up to high.
The leaves are in clusters of two or three. The leaves are leathery, narrowly oblong-elliptic, long, and wide. The leaf stems are long.
The flower stem is long. The flowers have around nineteen tepals, which are papery and greenish-yellow. The largest tepals are long, and wide. The flowers have around seventeen stamens, and around twelve carpels. The plant flowers in June.
Illicium modestum appears similar to Illicium brevistylum, though the former has more perianth segments, and smaller leaves. I. modestum has similar foliage and carpels to Illicium micranthum, though I. modestum has larger flowers.
Nomenclature In Chinese, the species is known as ().
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