Aiouea
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 | |
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| Aiouea neurophylla | |
| Scientific 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
    
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
    
- Damburneya guatemalensis (as A. guatemalensis)
 
References
    
- Kubitzki, Klaus; Renner, Susanne (1982). "Lauraceae I (Aniba and Aiouea)". Flora Neotropica.
 - Aiouea Aubl. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 2022.
 
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