Austrobaileyales
Ancestral angiosperms
Ancestral angiosperms
The Austrobaileyales are considered an ancestral flowering plant group. This groups has carpals with an indistinct stigma, and each with a single seed. Star-anise is the most commercially-known plant from this group.
Above: Flower of Austrobaileya
Above: Flower of Illicium floridanum , purple star anise
Geologic range
Geologic range
No fossil record of the Austrobaileyaceae
Schisandraceae (including Illiciaceae) and Anacostia, known from the Early Cretaceous (Friis et al. 1997)
Classification
Classification
└Angiosperms
└Austrobaileyales (more detail)
├Austrobaileyaceae
├Schisandraceae
└Trimeniaceae