Apollonias

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Apollonias
Species: A. arnottii – A. barbujana
Name

Apollonias Nees Hufeland. Ill. 10. (1833)

Type species: Apollonias canariensis (Willd.) Nees (1833) vide Apollonias barbujana (Cav.) Bornm.

Note: "Persea can be retained as a genus by the inclusion of Apollonias barbujana" {Li et al., 2011), A. arnottii will probably group with an Asian genus, such as Machilus or Phoebe (Li et al., 2011 & Rohwer et al., 2009)
References

Ness von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1833. Hufelandiae Illustratio 10.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Apollonias. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 5 2016.
Li, L., Li, J., Rohwer, J.G., van der Werff, H., Wang, Z.H. & Li, H.W., 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 Full text PDF Reference page.
Loutfy, M.H. 2001. On the taxonomy of Apollonias Nees (Lauraceae). Evidence from general aspects and cuticular features of leaf & fruit. Taeckholmia 21(1).
Rohwer, J.G., Li, J., Rudolph, B., Schmidt, S.A., van der Werff, H. & Li, H.W. 2009. Is Persea (Lauraceae) monophyletic? Evidence from nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences. Taxon 58(4): 1153-1167. Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Apollonias. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Oct. 5.

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.[1][2]
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)

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 online (pdf file)