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Table 2 Range values of the environmental variables for 15 kinds of Illicium plants

From: Global ecological regionalization of 15 Illicium species: nature sources of shikimic acid

Chinese name of species

Annual mean temperature/°C

Mean temperature of coldest quarter/°C

Mean temperature of warmest quarter/°C

Annual precipitation/mm

Annual humidity/%

Annual radiation /W m−2

I. verum

11.7–24.0

1.9–18.4

18.9–28.7

909–2266

58.2–77.1

121.9–156.0

Soil types lixisols, acrisols, fluvisols, etc.

I. henryi

4.5–22.3

− 4.9–14.7

13.7–28.5

697–2107

53.9–76.2

121.5–146.5

Soil types lixisols, chernozems, plinthosols, arenosols, acrisols, ferralsols, leptosols, etc.

I. majus

8.9–22.6

− 0.8–16.2

17.3–28.5

915–1933

56.2–76.1

120.7–150.6

Soil types arenosols, lixisols, acrisols, rock debris, chernozems, inland waterways, etc.

I. simonsii

4.9–20.7

− 1.3–14.9

9.8–27.5

782–1675

53.3–73.1

121.9–150.8

Soil types chernozems, arenosols, acrisols, leptosols, lixisols, luvisols, etc.

I. micranthum

7.8–23.4

− 1.3–18.5

16.1–29.1

865–2077

57.8–77.1

118.5–156.1

Soil types acrisols, lixisols, arenosols, rhogosols, chernozems, fluvisols, etc.

I. dunnianum

11.2–23.0

− 0.1–16.2

19.9–28.8

553–2203

59.9–76.0

122.1–148.6

Soil types acrisols, lixisols, arenosols, chernozems, luvisols, rhogosols, etc.

I. lanceolatum

9.3–21.2

0.1–14.0

17.2–28.5

1092–2305

71.4–76.3

121.8–145.1

Soil types acrisols, lixisols, anthrosols, arenosols, chernozems, luvisols, etc.

I. fargesii

6.9–21.5

− 2.4–13.3

15.3–28.0

793–1988

60.9–73.2

122.2–137.7

Soil types acrisols, lixisols, arenosols, rhogosols, chernozems, etc.

I. jiadifengpi

9.8–22.0

0.6–13.7

18.2–28.7

1457–2104

70.8–73.9

126–142.7

Soil types acrisols, lixisols, arenosols, rhogosols, etc.

I. difengpi

16.6–23.0

9.6–15.7

21.6–29.2

1216–1680

72.4–75.2

126.4–137.7

Soil types acrisols, lixisols, arenosols, rhogosols, chernozems, leptosols, etc.

I. ternstroemioides

15.1–25.3

5.2–20.9

21.8–28.6

1143–1941

71.8–76.9

123.9–147.6

Soil types acrisols, fluvisols, chernozems, chernozems, etc.

I. macranthum

9.5–23.3

4.1–18.5

13.9–28.4

977–1719

63.5–72.7

127.0–153.8

Soil types acrisols, lixisols leptosols, etc.

I. oligandrum

20.0–25.2

12.8–20.9

23.5–28.4

1408–1722

72.9–76.9

130.6–147.6

Soil types acrisols, fluvisols, lixisols, arenosols, etc.

I. brevistylum

13.3–21.0

3.5–12.5

22.2–28.6

1247–2077

71.1–72.9

123.9–139.4

Soil types acrisols, chernozems, etc.

I. pachyphyllum

16.4–17.8

6.1–7.9

25.8–26.6

1190–1505

71.9–72.1

124.1–126.5

Soil types acrisols, etc.