Apollonias

For the town in ancient Lydia, Anatolia, see Apollonias (Lydia). For the town in ancient Pisidia, Anatolia, see Apollonias (Pisidia).

Apollonias
Apollonias barbujana, Canary Islands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Apollonias Nees
Species
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Apollonias is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes from zero to 10 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, depending on circumscription. Recent studies transferred the majority of species to Beilschmiedia . ^{[1] [2]} A recent phylogenetic study found that Apollonias barbjuana, native to the Canary Islands and Madeira, is nested in genus Persea , and has been renamed Persea barbujana . ^[3] Apollonias arnottii , which is endemic to the Western Ghats of India, is considered an unplaced taxon by Plants of the World Online. ^[4]

Species

• A. arnottii Nees (unplaced) – Western Ghats
• A. barbujana(Cav.) A.Braun (syn. A. canariensis(Willd.) Nees; accepted as Persea barbujana (Cav.) Mabb. & Nieto Fel.) – Canary laurel, barbusano; Canary Islands and Madeira
• A. grandifloraKosterm. (accepted as Beilschmiedia velutina (Kosterm.) Kosterm.) – Madagascar
• A. madagascariensis(Baill.) Kosterm. (accepted as Beilschmiedia madagascariensis (Baill.) Kosterm.) – Madagascar
• A. microphyllaKosterm. (accepted as Beilschmiedia microphylla (Kosterm.) Kosterm.) – Madagascar
• A. oppositifoliaKosterm. (accepted as Beilschmiedia opposita Kosterm.) – voakoromanga; Madagascar
• A. sericeaKosterm. (accepted as Beilschmiedia sericans Kosterm.) – Madagascar
• A. velutinaKosterm. (accepted as B. velutina(Kosterm.) Kosterm.) – Madagascar
• A. zeylanica (accepted as Beilschmiedia wightii (Nees) Benth. ex Hook.f.) – southern India and Sri Lanka

References

1. 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.
2. van der Werff, H. (2003). A synopsis of the genus Beilschmiedia (Lauraceae) in Madagascar. Adansonia sér. 3, 25 (1): 77-92. Available online (pdf file)
3. Li, Lang; Li, Jie; Rohwer, Jens G.; van der Werff, Henk; Wang, Zhi-Hua; Li, Hsi-Wen (September 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. PMID   21860056.
4. "Apollonias arnottii Nees". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 22 May 2025.