''Aiouea'' is a
genus
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of
shrub
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s and
tree
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s in the family
Lauraceae
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. It is native to
tropical forest
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s and
montane forests
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of North and South America. The name is a curiosity because it consists entirely of vowels.
Taxonomy
The following species are currently recognized:
''Aiouea'' Aubl.
''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 2022.
* '' 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
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Lauraceae genera
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet