Aiouea

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

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

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.