Aiouea
| Aiouea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Aiouea Aublet, 1775 |
| Type species | |
| Aiouea guianensis Aublet, 1775 | |
| Species | |
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Aiouea is a genus of flowering plants in the laurel family, Lauraceae, endemic from southern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil.
Selected species
Aiouea has about 26 to 29 species,[1] including:
- Aiouea acarodomatifera Kosterm., 1938
- Aiouea angulata Kosterm., 1938
- Aiouea benthamiana Mez, 1889
- Aiouea bracteata Kosterm., 1938
- Aiouea dubia Mez, 1889, in the Andean forests of Loja Zamora-Chinchipe in Ecuador
- Aiouea guatemalensis (Lundell) Renner, 1982 -- Guatemala
- Aiouea guianensis Aubl., 1775
- Aiouea lehmannii (O.C.Schmidt) Renner, 1982
- Aiouea macedoana Vattimo, 1967
- Aiouea obscura van der Werff, 1988
- Aiouea parvissima (Lundell) Renner, 1982
- Aiouea vexatrix van der Werff, 1988