Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92815-x, published online 20 March 2025

The original version of this Article contained errors in Figure 4, where panels D and E were inadvertently duplicated.

The original Figure 4 and accompanying legend appear below.

Furthermore, the Funding statement was incorrectly added in the Author Contributions. The Funding statement now appears in a separate section.

The original Article has been corrected.

Fig. 4
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Potential distribution of Illicium griffithii in present and future scenarios (A) current scenario, (B) SSP245 (2041–2060) scenario, (C) SSP245 (2061–2080) scenario, and (D) SSP585 (2041–2060) scenario, (E) SSP585 (2061–2080) scenario. The map was generated using ArcGIS 10.6 software (URL: https://www.arcgis.com/index.html).