Aiouea

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 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)