Apollonias barbujana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Apollonias
Species: Apollonias barbujana
Name

Apollonias barbujana (Cav.) Bornm., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33:420. 1903.
Synonyms

Heterotypic

Apollonias canariensis (Willd.) Nees, Syst. Laurin. 696. 1836.
Laurus canariensis Willd, Enum. pl. 1:435. 1809.

Note: See Persea barbujana (Cav.) Mabb. & Nieto Fel. (Govaerts et al. 2022) for an option if the genus is in synonymy with Persea.
References

Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 33:420. 1903
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Apollonias barbujana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 13. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Apollonias barbujana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
suomi: Apollonlaakeri

Apollonias barbujana , the Canary laurel or barbusano, is perhaps the only species of flowering plants belonging to the genus Apollonias of the laurel family, Lauraceae. It is endemic to the Macaronesian islands of Madeira and the Canary Islands.[1] Molecular phylogenies have found that the species is nested within the genus Persea, closely related to Persea americana (avocado).[3]

The La Gomera subspecies is distinct and endangered.[1]
References

Beech, E.; da Silva Menezes de Sequeira, M.P.; Fernandes, F. (2017). "Apollonias barbujana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62567A81867959. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62567A81867959.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Fernandes, F. (1998). "Apollonias barbujana subsp. ceballosi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30321A9535286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30321A9535286.en. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
Li, Lang; Li, Jie; Rohwer, Jens G.; van der Werff, Henk; Wang, Zhi-Hua; Li, Hsi-Wen (September 2011). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Persea group (Lauraceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of tropical and subtropical Amphi-Pacific disjunctions". American Journal of Botany. 98 (9): 1520–1536. doi:10.3732/ajb.1100006.