Aiouea
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
| image = Aiouea neurophylla.jpg | image_caption = Aiouea neurophylla | taxon = Aiouea | authority = Aubl. | type_species = Aiouea guianensis | type_species_authority = Aubl. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text
Aiouea is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Lauraceae. It is native to tropical forests and montane forests of North and South America. The name is a curiosity because it consists entirely of vowels.
Taxonomy
The following species are currently recognized:
- Aiouea acarodomatifera Kosterm.
- Aiouea alainii (C.K.Allen) R.Rohde
- Aiouea amoena (Nees & Mart.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea amplexicaulis (Schltdl. & Cham.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea ampullacea Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea angulata Kosterm.
- Aiouea areolata (Lundell) R.Rohde
- Aiouea baitelloana (van der Werff & P.L.R.Moraes) van der Werff & P.L.R.Moraes
- Aiouea benthamiana Mez
- Aiouea bracteata Kosterm.
- Aiouea bractefoliacea (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea breedlovei (Lundell) R.Rohde
- Aiouea brenesii (Standl.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea chavarriana (Hammel) R.Rohde
- Aiouea chiapensis (Lundell) R.Rohde
- Aiouea cinnamomoidea (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde & Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea dubia Mez
- Aiouea effusa (Meisn.) R.Rohde & Rohwer
- Aiouea elegans (van der Werff) Rohwer
- Aiouea erythropus (Nees & Mart.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea formicaria (van der Werff & Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea glaziovii (Mez) R.Rohde
- Aiouea glossophylla (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea grandifolia van der Werff
- Aiouea guianensis Aubl.
- Aiouea hammeliana (W.C.Burger) R.Rohde
- Aiouea hartmanii (I.M.Johnst.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea hatschbachii (Vattimo-Gil) R.Rohde
- Aiouea haussknechtii (Mez) R.Rohde
- Aiouea heteranthera (Ruiz & Pav.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea hirsuta Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea impressa (Meisn.) Kosterm.
- Aiouea kruseana (O.Téllez & Villaseñor) R.Rohde
- Aiouea laevis (Nees ex Mart.) Kosterm.
- Aiouea lanigera (van der Werff) R.Rohde
- Aiouea lehmannii (O.C.Schmidt) Renner
- Aiouea leptophylla (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea longipes (I.M.Johnst.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea longipetiolata van der Werff
- Aiouea macedoana Vattimo
- Aiouea maguireana (C.K.Allen) Renner
- Aiouea maya Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea montana (Sw.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea myristicoides Mez
- Aiouea napoensis (van der Werff) R.Rohde
- Aiouea neurophylla (Mez & Pittier) R.Rohde
- Aiouea obscura van der Werff
- Aiouea opaca van der Werff
- Aiouea pachypoda (Nees) R.Rohde
- Aiouea padiformis (Standl. & Steyerm.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea palaciosii (van der Werff) R.Rohde
- Aiouea paratriplinervis Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea parvissima (Lundell) Renner (Damburneya parvissima)
- Aiouea piauhyensis (Meisn.) Mez
- Aiouea pittieri Rohwer
- Aiouea pseudoglaziovii Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea rubrinervia Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea salicifolia (Nees) R.Rohde
- Aiouea saligna Meisn.
- Aiouea sellowiana (Nees & Mart.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea stenophylla (Meisn.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea subsessilis (Meisn.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea taubertiana (Mez & Schwacke) R.Rohde
- Aiouea tetragona (Meisn.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea tomentella (Mez) Renner
- Aiouea tomentosa (Meisn.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea tonduzii (Mez) R.Rohde
- Aiouea trinervis Meisn.
- Aiouea uninervia Lorea-Hern.
- Aiouea velveti (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
- Aiouea zapatae (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
Previously placed here
- Damburneya guatemalensis (as A. guatemalensis)
References
References
- Kubitzki, Klaus. (1982). "Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea)". Flora Neotropica.
- [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21326-1 ''Aiouea'' Aubl.] ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 2022.
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