Species Details : Persea americana Mill.

Accepted scientific name:
Persea americana Mill. (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Persea americana  Mill.
Synonyms:
Laurus persea L. (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Laurus persea L.
Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda
Persea americana subsp. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) E. Murray (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea americana subsp. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) E. Murray
Persea americana var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) S. F. Blake (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea americana var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) S. F. Blake
Persea americana var. nubigena (L. O. Williams) L. E. Kopp (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea americana var. nubigena (L. O. Williams) L. E. Kopp
Persea drymifolia Cham. & Schltdl. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea drymifolia Cham. & Schltdl.
Persea edulis Rafin. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea edulis Rafin.
Persea floccosa Mez (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea floccosa Mez
Persea gigantea L. O. Williams (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea gigantea L. O. Williams
Persea gratissima Gaertn. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea gratissima Gaertn.
Persea gratissima var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mez (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea gratissima var. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mez
Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn. (synonym)
Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn. (synonym)
Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees (synonym)
Persea leiogyna S. F. Blake (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea leiogyna S. F. Blake
Persea macrocarpa Rafin. (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea macrocarpa Rafin.
Persea nubigena L. O. Williams (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea nubigena L. O. Williams
Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L. O. Williams (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L. O. Williams
Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell
Persea persea (L.) Cockerell (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea persea (L.) Cockerell
Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees
Persea steyermarkii C. K. Allen (synonym) 1 literature reference for Persea steyermarkii C. K. Allen
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Aguacate - -
Alligator pear - -
Avocado - -
Avocadobaum - -
Avocatier - -
Pear - -
Zaboca - Trinidad & Tobago
Classification:
Kingdom Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Laurales CoL
Family Lauraceae World Plants
Genus Persea World Plants
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Choc, Crdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nario, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindo, Risaralda, San Andrs, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle), Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico (I), Virgin Isl. (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, El Salvador, Galapagos Isl., Jamaica, Cuba, Peru, Bolivia (c), Ecuador, Bahamas (I), Guyana (I), Surinam (I), French Guiana (I), Venezuela (I), Isla Margarita (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Antigua (I), Montserrat (I), Guadeloupe (I), Dominica (I), St. Vincent (I)), Argentina (I), Chagos Arch. (I) (Diego Garcia (I)), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Niue (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Moorea (I), Huahine (I), Raiatea (I)), Tonga (I), Tuamotu Arch. (I) (Makatea Isl. (I)), Micronesia (I) (Pohnpei (I)), Marquesas Isl. (I), Austral Isl. (I) (Tubuai (I)), Rotuma Isl. (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Rodrigues (I), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Sikkim (I), Nepal (I), India (I), Laos (I), Vietnam (I), Java (I), trop. Africa (I), New Caledonia (I), Fiji (I), China (I) (Fujian (I), Guangdong (I), Hainan (I), Sichuan (I), Yunnan (I)), Taiwan (I), Ryukyu Isl. (I), Philippines (I), USA (I) (Florida (I)), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo) (I), Central African Republic (I), Cameroon (c), Annobon Isl. (I), Sao Tome (I), Principe Isl. (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Burkina Faso (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Benin (I), Guinea (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I)
Environment: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Hassler M., Nov 2018
Source database: World Plants, Nov 2018   100%
Bibliographic citation: Hassler M. (2019). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
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