Aiouea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Aiouea
Species: A. acarodomatifera – A. alainii – A. amoena – A. amplexicaulis – A. ampullacea – A. angulata – A. areolata – A. baitelloana – A. benthamiana – A. bracteata – A. bractefoliacea – A. breedlovei – A. brenesii – A. chavarriana – A. chiapensis – A. cinnamomoidea – A. dubia – A. effusa – A. elegans – A. erythropus – A. floccosa – A. formicaria – A. glaziovii – A. glossophylla – A. grandifolia – A. grisebachii – A. guianensis – A. hammeliana – A. hartmanii – A. hatschbachii – A. haussknechtii – A. heteranthera – A. hirsuta – A. impressa – A. kruseana – A. laevis – A. lanigera – A. lehmannii – A. leptophylla – A. longipes – A. longipetiolata – A. macedoana – A. maguireana – A. maya – A. montana – A. myristicoides – A. napoensis – A. neurophylla – A. obscura – A. opaca – A. pachypoda – A. padiformis – A. palaciosii – A. paratriplinervis – A. piauhyensis – A. pittieri – A. pseudoglaziovii – A. rubrinervia – A. salicifolia – A. saligna – A. sellowiana – A. stenophylla – A. subsessilis – A. taubertiana – A. tetragona – A. tomentella – A. tomentosa – A. tonduzii – A. trinervis – A. uninervia – A. velveti – A. zapatae
Name

Aiouea Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 310, t. 120. (1775) emend. Rohde et al. (2017)

Type species: Aiouea guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 311. (1775)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Douglassia Schreb., Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 809. (1791), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
Ajovea Aubl.
Colomandra Neck.
Ehrhardia Scop.
Endocarpa Raf.
Mocinnodaphne Lorea-Hern.

References

Aublet, J.B.C.F. 1775. Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane francoise 1: 310, t. 120.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aiouea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Oct. 15. Reference page.
Huang, J.F., Li, L., van der Werff, H., Li, H.W., Rohwer, J.G., Crayn, D.M., Meng, H.H., van der Merwe, M., Conran, J.G. & Li, J. 2016. Origins and evolution of cinnamon and camphor: A phylogenetic and historical biogeographical analysis of the Cinnamomum group (Lauraceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 96: 33–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.007 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Aiouea. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 15 2021.
Rohde, R., Rudolph, B., Ruthe, K., Lorea-Hernández, F.G., Moraes, P.L.R.D., Li, J. & Rohwer, J.G. 2017. Neither Phoebe nor Cinnamomum – the tetrasporangiate species of Aiouea (Lauraceae). Taxon 66(5): 1085-1111. DOI: 10.12705/665.6 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Aiouea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Oct. 2021.

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 guatemalensis (Lundell) Renner (Damburneya guatemalensis)
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

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.