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