Apollonias

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Apollonias
Species: A. arnottii – A. barbujana

Name

Apollonias Nees Hufeland. Ill. 10. (1833)

Type species: Apollonias canariensis (Willd.) Nees (1833) vide Apollonias barbujana (Cav.) Bornm.

Note: "Persea can be retained as a genus by the inclusion of Apollonias barbujana" {Li et al., 2011), A. arnottii will probably group with an Asian genus, such as Machilus or Phoebe (Li et al., 2011 & Rohwer et al., 2009). Govaerts maintain this genus in synonymy with Persea, but Apollonias arnottii Nees becomes an Unplaced name.

References

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1833. Plantarum Laurinarum secundum affinitates naturales expositio, qua comprehenditur Hufelandiae Illustratio. 26 pp. Vratislaviaea. BHL Reference page. : 10.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Apollonias in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Apollonias. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 5 2016.
Li, L., Li, J., Rohwer, J.G., van der Werff, H., Wang, Z.H. & Li, H.W. 2011. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Persea group (Lauraceae) and its biogeographic implications on the evolution of tropical and subtropical Amphi-Pacific disjunctions. American Journal of Botany 98(9): 1520–1536. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100006 Reference page.
Loutfy, M.H. 2001. On the taxonomy of Apollonias Nees (Lauraceae). Evidence from general aspects and cuticular features of leaf & fruit. Taeckholmia 21(1).
Rohwer, J.G., Li, J., Rudolph, B., Schmidt, S.A., van der Werff, H. & Li, H.W. 2009. Is Persea (Lauraceae) monophyletic? Evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences. Taxon 58(4): 1153–1167. DOI: 10.1002/tax.584009 ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Apollonias. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Oct. 2016.

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