Apollonias

taxobox
name = "Apollonias"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Magnoliids
ordo = Laurales
familia = Lauraceae
genus = "Apollonias"
genus_authority = Nees
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = See text|

"Apollonias" is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes from one to ten species of evergreen trees and shrubs, depending on circumscription; recent studies (e.g. Rohwer 1993, van der Werff 2003) have limited the genus to just one species, with the others transferred to "Beilschmiedia".

;Universally accepted species
* "A barbujana" (syn. "A.canariensis") Canary Laurel, Barbusano. Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.

;Other species sometimes included
* "Apollonias arnottii". Western Ghats of India.
* "Apollonias grandiflora" (syn. "Beilschmiedia velutina").
* "Apollonias madagascariensis" (syn. "Beilschmiedia madagascariensis").
* "Apollonias microphylla" (syn. "Beilschmiedia microphylla").
* "Apollonias oppositifolia" (syn. "Beilschmiedia opposita"). Voakoromanga. Madagascar.
* "Apollonias sericea" (syn. "Beilschmiedia sericans").
* "Apollonias velutina" (syn. "Beilschmiedia velutina").
* "Apollonias zeylanica" (syn. "Beilschmiedia zeylanica").

References

*Rohwer, J. (1993). Lauraceae. Pages 366–391 in K Kubitzki, JG Rohwer, V Bittrich, eds. "The families and genera of vascular plants". Vol 2. Springer, Berlin.
*van der Werff, H. (2003). A synopsis of the genus Beilschmiedia (Lauraceae) in Madagascar. "Adansonia" sér. 3, 25 (1): 77-92. Available [http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/adanson/a03n1a8.pdf online (pdf file)]