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Illicium dunnianum is a species of flowering plant in the family Schisandraceae. It is a shrub with leathery leaves and pink to red tepals. The species is native to south and south-east China.
Illicium dunnianum was described in 1905, and is named after Stephen Troyte Dunn.
Illicium dunnianum is native to the subtropical biome of south-east and south-central China (southern Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, southern and south-western Guizhou, and western Hunan). It grows along riverbanks and ravines, and on wet slopes, at elevations of 400–1,000 metres (1,300–3,300 ft).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Illicium dunnianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
