Aiouea Amplexicaulis

''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'' Aubl.
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* ''Aiouea acarodomatifera'' André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans, 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'' Carl Christian Mez, 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'' Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, 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'' (Carl Meissner, Meisn.) Kosterm.
* ''Aiouea kruseana'' (O.Téllez & Villaseñor) R.Rohde
* ''Aiouea laevis'' (Nees ex Mart.) Kosterm.
* ''Aiouea lanigera'' (van der Werff) R.Rohde
* ''Aiouea lehmannii'' (Otto Christian Schmidt, O.C.Schmidt) Renner
* ''Aiouea leptophylla'' (Lorea-Hern.) R.Rohde
* ''Aiouea longipes'' (I.M.Johnst.) R.Rohde
* ''Aiouea longipetiolata'' van der Werff
* ''Aiouea macedoana'' Ítalo de Vattimo, 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'' Henk van der Werff, 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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Aiouea,
Lauraceae genera
Flora of the Neotropical realm
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet