Abstract: The present paper describes the pollen morphology of 14 species and one variety of the genus Illicium L. The pollen grains have been studied both by light microscope and scanning electron microscope,the relationshaps of pollens of different sections in this genus has been verified and the evolotionary tendency about the pollen morphology in this genus has been discussed. Thus, the study of pollen morphology supplies an important basis for the identification of the plants.