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. 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.TÃÂ©llez & VillaseÃÂ±or) 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)

Aiouea

Taxonomy

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