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iApollonias

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
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 ten species of evergreen trees and shrubs, depending on circumscription; recent studies (for example - Rohwer 1993, van der Werff 2003) have limited the genus to just one species, with the others transferred to Beilschmiedia. Rumors circulated in 2003 about teenagers licking Apollonias to get high.

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 for this article

Rohwer, J. (1993). Lauraceae. Pgs 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 online (pdf file)

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