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2020001
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<paragraph id="438888F12C59450E8D72AFEF22B406D8" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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in overall form, leaf characters, red flowers, location, and population density. 
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1.8-3.5 cm in 
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vs. 7-13 
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2-5 cm in 
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vs. 6-12 
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2-4.5 cm in 
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), tepal number and pubescence (10-17 tepals with ciliate margins vs. 10-14 tepals with glabrous margins vs. 14-21 tepals with glabrous margins), number of carpels (10-13 vs. 12-14 vs. 12-16), number and size of the stamens (23-27, 2-3 mm long vs. 22-30, 1.8-3.4 mm long vs. 39-41, 2-3 mm long), and ovary length (1-1.5 mm long vs. 1.3-2.5 mm long vs. 1-1.8 mm long). (Table 
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Morphological, geographic, and phenological comparison of 
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7-12 
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2-5 cm
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2-4.5 cm
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<td id="43D7E1ABDEB774D0ED7CE80F5F481967" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">10-17, margin ciliate</td>
<td id="981DE32A1139EA29C3885E1B12C2C035" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">10-14, margin glabrous</td>
<td id="2AE6EAB7046EC49E728A3252E2826E10" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">14-21, margin glabrous</td>
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<tr id="65F24696D77E66FBE718C4776DDCC5F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<td id="87705318A4302CA8634433259FA8ADB1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="B8FAC9A00EA5612170298153835B636A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Carpel</emphasis>
s
</td>
<td id="57AFC879EDC85C0CEF8BEAB6F0FE519B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">10-13</td>
<td id="A1DFBAE2A9BE69D9082D69F6F0639E71" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">12-14</td>
<td id="4D1E19D985F17C0F99B818EF9055BA18" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">12-16</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5DB2B7986C8517B9DF5C208212B61F08" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<td id="F69BE8BCF9449B99EA8B629DBAB20EB6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="BFC76797725CC308A970E68B3E875414" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Stamens</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="EE243F2515773DB13F0054B0DA86FCC0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">23-27, 2-3 mm long</td>
<td id="EF9D6496A0074F8F8CCE7C3D474D88DD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">22-30, 1.8-3.4 mm long</td>
<td id="3B3FE77341D6AFDFF103F28B616048EC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">39-41, 2-3 mm long</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CC01C9CE392748DC650F5919249A802B" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<td id="5B06A30330050D8F5C0DBC6DBA26693D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="844128ED1280D5F8F9E8CB46BBF56A2D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Ovaries</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="9ED39CAF7E03155F7EA55AE87CD69C19" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">1-1.5 mm long</td>
<td id="3894E15C19FB49950B82CA6F18BC4A01" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">1.3-2.5 mm long</td>
<td id="D294B4222276356839BD5C6E4CC43195" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">1-1.8 mm long</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B29716D92D7853AA552A8B449B091FFE" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<td id="5BBE7EF9BC3273726EFFB1F70A62FBF3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="86F9C46A79531989E76E207DE6936DA7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Distribution</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="41E81CBA1E1116267EF7D7B341881C52" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">Gansu (eastern China)</td>
<td id="3147A899D7C0B9667A95B67F9AA2E85E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">Fujian, Hainan (southeastern China)</td>
<td id="D20D3AA9B000342CE81ED6D5FD41A096" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">Taiwan</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FADB0812E9DAFE509A8536901BF76FBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<td id="CD68E45F7E5B8E4307D28D706A20A783" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="BDF28389E38249A2CD055E9AF9C69CB2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Flowering time</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="54FEFE45108C59493E2CE96CF012000B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">March-April</td>
<td id="D5DF7DF942FCF6E913699A8EB6A97E3E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">January-August</td>
<td id="02C786DD5FE6DD38F5B80387ACB978D0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rowspan="1">January-April</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="CD6DD03BED53BF34689B2C4BFE9C58FB" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" type="description">
<paragraph id="E17DFBD987D00E1750174774774954D8" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C5DC6E8687DE0E91C906F2D93007E46" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
Trees 4-12 m tall, whole plant with an aniseed aroma. Trunk 22.5 cm diam. at chest height, outer bark grayish-brown, with irregular longitudinal cracks; canopy tower or conical and branches are dense and spread horizontally; twigs pubescent, perules ca. 3 
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2 mm, ovoid, yellowish-brown, caducous, margins finely ciliate. Leaves clearly spirally-alternate to pseudoverticillate (clustered in sets of 2-5 at the apex of twigs); petioles 8-12 mm long, 1-2 mm diam.; blades 7-12 
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1.8-3.5 cm, oblanceolate, coriaceous, translucent oil spots visible against the light, adaxially dark to medium green, glossy, abaxially light green, base cuneate, margin glabrous, apex acuminate; midvein adaxially slightly impressed, abaxially prominently round, lateral veins pairs 6-9, inconspicuous. Inflorescences 1-flowered, but flowers sometimes clustered in groups of 2-6 at the apex of branches, axillary, pedunculate; peduncle 8-14 mm long, 2 mm diam., brown, bracteoles 2-4 
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2-3 mm, ovate. Flowers 12-18 mm diam., bisexual, androgynous scented, anthesis diurnal; floral buds 5-10 
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3-6 mm, ovoid, brown; pedicels 5-12 mm long, 2 mm diam., brown; tepals 10-17, in 2-3 whorls, outer whorl with 5-7 tepals, 6-8 
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5-7 mm, ovate, sepaloid, yellowish-green, base round, margin red, ciliate, apex acuminate or obtuse, inner whorls with 8-10 tepals, 8-12 
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4-8 mm, widely ovate to widely obovate to widely elliptic, petaloid, fleshy, red, base broadly cuneate, margin ciliate, apex acuminate; stamens 23-27, in 2-3 whorls, 1.3-3.5 mm long, filament 0.3-1.5 mm long, stout, widely obovoid to widely ellipsoid, pink, connective truncate to emarginate, pink, anther 1-2 
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0.6-1 mm, introrsely rimose, pollen grains trisyncolpate, blackish-brown 
<emphasis id="340B8014082783E278811603D6EB9A7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">in vivo</emphasis>
; carpels 10-14, 3-5.5 
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1.6-2 mm, ovaries 1-1.5 mm long, stigmatic crest 1.3-1.8 mm long, slightly longer than the ovary, subulate. Follicetum 12-16 
<normalizedToken id="C0B3B9D9FEEDB9B4DABA94E59456DEEB" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
4-7 mm; peduncle 1-1.5 cm long; follicles 10-13, 15-25 
<normalizedToken id="DC40EC8153F6EEE986D7473E743C39C7" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
5-8 mm, 2-4 mm thick, woody, dark brown, apex aristate due to the persistent and hardened stigmatic crest, 3-6 mm long, slightly curved at apex. Seeds 4.5-6 
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4-5 mm, 1.5-2.5 mm thick, ovoid, testa smooth, brown.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="8509A7952C4710FB2E1A4418759B9025" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="3DA89F4FB2F07660DD2F8E6894A03181" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Distribution and habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E32B3A6543057AA40422F32E1BA1C6E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
Currently, only one population of 
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<emphasis id="7B8BCCD09E45A1F2D09F6B8FD1AE0571" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been identified in Yuhe Town, Longnan City, southern Gansu Province. This area is characterized by a northern subtropical subhumid climate and a mountainous terrain containing high peaks and steep slopes. Specimens of 
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<emphasis id="E8F1E0A4B4EB50500A35AEF2B64CF84E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were found growing in a deciduous broadleaf forest at an elevation of 1200 m. The dominant species of this forest community include 
<taxonomicName id="D730BA5BC98791BE7239C5A9EE2341BF" class="Liliopsida" family="Arecaceae" genus="Trachycarpus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Trachycarpus fortunei" order="Arecales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="species" species="fortunei">
<emphasis id="574090C4251D788CF1440D8A44519B6C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Trachycarpus fortunei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hook.) H.Wendl. (
<taxonomicName id="6BD273DCBA06A944BEC47AC4387E71EC" family="Arecaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Arecales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="family">Arecaceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="D92B12110C09548E5CDF527684F0BF76" class="Equisetopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Cinnamomum" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cinnamomum septentrionale" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="septentrionale">
<emphasis id="1F86478E9173262AF0AFDBB40F54F7DC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Cinnamomum septentrionale</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hand.-Mazz. (
<taxonomicName id="F31357592818BB8FC14FA1C8F4FAD7D7" class="Equisetopsida" family="Lauraceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="family">Lauraceae</taxonomicName>
), 
<taxonomicName id="BD0D18D6D7848A98047140D476A3881C" class="Equisetopsida" family="Lauraceae" genus="Lindera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Lindera aggregata" order="Laurales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="species" species="aggregata">
<emphasis id="29EE672FF76A7D5F2FAC24FF690FCCA3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Lindera aggregata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Sims) Kosterm. (
<taxonomicName id="46F830D4696BC5029A1E4C736D834C52" class="Equisetopsida" family="Lauraceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="family">Lauraceae</taxonomicName>
), and 
<taxonomicName id="05366E4ED9634A4F91EBEDA416403BDD" authorityName="Rendle" authorityYear="1904" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Deyeuxia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Deyeuxia effusiflora" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="species" species="effusiflora">
<emphasis id="5E6B810884D91BBD5059921B75F58BD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Deyeuxia effusiflora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rendle (
<taxonomicName id="D8D6A95B653113D987BB2E5AA45CEB8F" family="Poaceae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Liliopsida" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
). (Fig. 
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)
</paragraph>
<caption id="4D70F21DD1DF7F178E0FE39865412D56" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.230.102754.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/896650" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="BA9BA5BB8772B452CEE638C2E68155C8" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<emphasis id="B42476292363D1980EFEF41952F66673" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Distribution of 
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<emphasis id="51F2A5CB2D1F9DAEDC5EEB36E1B247FA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Illicium gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9ADCABC1919BA0C1D8583C18BC2A56B6" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" type="phenology">
<paragraph id="E927DB90BAF84A3E0244C503FC4679E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Phenology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E6DDBEA1D28329175BEF881E438EE523" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Flowering from March to April, fruiting from May to November.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DEE8325708FD572BFC3B49092F6C1A06" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" type="conservation status">
<paragraph id="8C398F8C76640AFC77BBA46F49C6B454" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Conservation status.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6925873569CE9CEB136E63B75B91082D" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
There is only one known location, and fewer than three individuals of 
<taxonomicName id="9AD45DDDAD7413631D785D1E7BB21368" lsidName="I. gansuense" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rank="species" species="gansuense">
<emphasis id="FE7B71EED1A5482A30313BACEFDB6819" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were found during our fieldwork in the Yuhe area of Giant Panda National Park in 2020 and 2022. However, investigations of the natural distribution of this species are insufficient. According to the IUCN Red List criteria (2019), this new species is better assessed as Data Deficient (DD; criteria B1ab(i-v) + 2ab(i-v)).
</paragraph>
<caption id="F0F80A0CBCF111D104EAAC8AD4802954" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.230.102754.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/896651" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="F5E23E765D1AADD4691291BBEC52D312" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<emphasis id="02F52CD92E56702B7717750AFCBFFBBD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="FA5E1C503FF3362F85847892DE21AD87" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Illicium gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Z.F.Bai &amp; Xue L.Chen 
<emphasis id="FEEC0C978D71A7FB07927D9C748B4FD1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">A</emphasis>
flowering branch 
<emphasis id="EA67A895F53F1F3FF66941E79405CF49" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">B</emphasis>
adaxial and abaxial leaf surface 
<emphasis id="03061584EF07DE566F341687C85CA213" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">C</emphasis>
flower 
<emphasis id="3AC732368379AF345A074A3E2493CC22" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">D</emphasis>
tepals 
<emphasis id="872477BBB1510AAB02BC1F8E336BC703" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">E</emphasis>
removal of tepals showing gynoecium and stamens 
<emphasis id="EABB3215584BEB8EAF91C1D2C837AFEF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">F, G</emphasis>
stamens, dorsal and ventral views 
<emphasis id="415A96DD64DB021A7B2F85FAFDBF40BD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">H</emphasis>
carpel 
<emphasis id="2923AA720A41FAD97707970337D10FA2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I</emphasis>
fruiting branch 
<emphasis id="39CD9D8E38BE0757152C3BC8208980B3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">J, K</emphasis>
fruits 
<emphasis id="1948EE54A6087A64DB0158CB06656B7C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">L</emphasis>
seed. (Drawn by Jianlu Bai based on type specimen).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E3412136AE5014C66868ADFEB4B6B632" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="C753574F0C5E927CF14695C0DC090F4C" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B7CE6105E7A4240F6194B79064827D90" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
The specific epithet ' 
<emphasis id="817B2D13FF55C28D86413623905FB5D9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">gansuense</emphasis>
' refers to a province in eastern China. 
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(
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) is suggested as a suitable Chinese name for it.
</paragraph>
<caption id="06CDDBD937D14A48F45DBE020D8C2488" doi="10.3897/phytokeys.230.102754.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/896652" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="AAB89D52C9C8B81BBFA85DE0A90E051C" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<emphasis id="006B44536BC42E8EB58DE3C8DCFD7CB3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3C99D6A01C4E54ACC843A47C24B33430" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Illicium gansuense</emphasis>
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Z.F.Bai &amp; Xue L.Chen 
<emphasis id="C53EC632A0A5EE298B036FC6061C1477" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">A</emphasis>
habitat 
<emphasis id="47668B506995CD3810A806642D410162" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">B, C</emphasis>
flowering branch 
<emphasis id="F3DF208964092ED35D1A7E26974F2463" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">D</emphasis>
bark.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9EEB8B24853EF508567844745F5CB4E0" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" type="notes">
<paragraph id="33E3593F00EBC919CE2ED03AA3F631F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Notes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C3FDC3FAFAA74777C9E6784434FE64D4" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<taxonomicName id="4F84123580DA08B5CC9E3C42DF759FB4" authorityName="Z. F. Bai &amp; Xue L. Chen" authorityYear="2023" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Schisandraceae" genus="Illicium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Illicium gansuense" order="Austrobaileyales" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="gansuense">
<emphasis id="19CAB2B4598928F84F006874AEA367F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Illicium gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to 
<taxonomicName id="C7A50B719B5B59DE588175A72BD9C1F2" lsidName="I. ternstroemioides" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rank="species" species="ternstroemioides">
<emphasis id="3CA7E94C6E7C97E5797EA113844E7623" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. ternstroemioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="394A39CC04AF537989098278DF448309" lsidName="I. arborescens" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" rank="species" species="arborescens">
<emphasis id="245E6D680F86A250030782C1F3BD57AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. arborescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in overall form, that are all trees, leaf characteristics, flower color, location, and population density. However, as noted above, the three species can be distinguished according to both morphological features and distribution. Specifically, in relation to 
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<emphasis id="CD569978CAAE4BB221D1FA4D7E7030F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. ternstroemioides</emphasis>
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and 
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<emphasis id="6D7D6726713086AD2EFA381378E6D10A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. arborescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis id="2246522A8A51C479F2A7A67498918D93" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. gansuense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is characterized by smaller leaf blades, tepals with ciliate margins (rather than glabrous), fewer carpels, and smaller ovaries. Additionally, 
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<emphasis id="C7ACB029972C814DA92AA55162CAEBF8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. gansuense</emphasis>
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blooms from March to April and 
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<emphasis id="7836FD8AA7894DC8411F8A85FCC19761" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I. arborescens</emphasis>
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blooms from January to April. (Table 
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).
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<emphasis id="852860291E72CA645A9FC759F7FE44E9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="3C8B9A088F2B61B24F1E131CDA831DD0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">Illicium gansuense</emphasis>
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Z.F.Bai &amp; Xue L. Chen 
<emphasis id="7C29BD77F8B85B276B15FA5F2564E83C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">A</emphasis>
flower at front view 
<emphasis id="615249DAD3AF83A6D57C4DBEEDAE1775" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">B</emphasis>
flower at side view 
<emphasis id="27DE0BBEB1390E44DBD962B121A84496" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">C</emphasis>
the largest tepals 
<emphasis id="EDAD141BAE263C1051220441DE818CA7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">D</emphasis>
all parts of flower 
<emphasis id="BD91C59FEAFA461CBF9933B09510E58D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">E</emphasis>
stamen 
<emphasis id="2E79465186B0EA6754C72F97CFDAA2FF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">F</emphasis>
follicle 
<emphasis id="7873A337B82ADED3B6D00D862E6F2A16" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">G</emphasis>
fruit at front view 
<emphasis id="0519CA515CC197095EC2B620BF9CE4F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">H</emphasis>
fruit at side view 
<emphasis id="EF1DF0860A60BD7325C558F0E01A6F3D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">I</emphasis>
seed. Photographed by Zengfu Bai.
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