Apollonias
| Apollonias | |
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| 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 one to 10 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, depending on circumscription; recent studies have limited the genus to just one species, with the others transferred to Beilschmiedia.
Species
- Generally accepted species
- Apollonias barbujana (syn. A. canariensis) Canary laurel, barbusano, - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira
- Other species sometimes included
- A. arnottii - Western Ghats
- A. grandiflora (syn. Beilschmiedia velutina)
- A. madagascariensis (syn. B. madagascariensis)
- A. microphylla (syn. B. microphylla)
- A. oppositifolia (syn. B. opposita) voakoromanga - Madagascar
- A. sericea (syn. B. sericans)
- A. velutina (syn. B. velutina)
- A. zeylanica (syn. B. zeylanica)