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:''For other uses of '''Apollonias''', see [[Apollonia]]''
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Apollonias''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Apollonias'''''
| genus_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Apollonias''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the [[Laurel#Botany|Laurel]] family, [[Lauraceae]]. The genus includes from one to ten [[species]] of [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, 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]]''. 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==
*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)]
[[Category:Laurales]]
{{Laurales-stub}}
{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Apollonias''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Apollonias'''''
| genus_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Apollonias''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]]s belonging to the [[Laurel#Botany|Laurel]] family, [[Lauraceae]]. The genus includes from one to ten [[species]] of [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, 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]]''. 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==
*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)]
[[Category:Laurales]]
{{Laurales-stub}}
