Aiouea

Summary

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.[1] The name is a curiosity because it consists entirely of vowels.

Aiouea
Aiouea neurophylla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Aiouea
Aubl.
Type species
Aiouea guianensis
Aubl.
Species

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Taxonomy edit

The following species are currently recognized:[2]

  • 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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kubitzki, Klaus; Renner, Susanne (1982). "Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea)". Flora Neotropica.
  2. ^ Aiouea Aubl. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 2022.