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Persea

Synonyms: Farnesia; Mutisiopersea; Nyrophylla; Tamala

Wikipedia Abstract

Persea is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, P. americana, widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit.
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Species

Persea acunae
Persea alba
Persea albida (Endangered)
Persea albiramea
Persea alpigena
Persea americana (avocado) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Persea anomala
Persea areolatocostae
Persea aurata
Persea aurita
Persea benthamiana
Persea bernardiae
Persea bernardii
Persea bilocularis
Persea boldufolia (Endangered)
Persea borbonia (redbay) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Persea bordonia <Unverified Name>
Persea brenesii (Vulnerable)
Persea brevipes (Endangered)
Persea brevipetiolata
Persea buchtienii
Persea bullata (Vulnerable)
Persea caerulea (Attributes)
Persea caesia
Persea campii (Endangered)
Persea chamissonis (Endangered)
Persea chrysantha (Critically Endangered)
Persea chrysophylla (Vulnerable)
Persea cinerascens (Endangered)
Persea conferta (Endangered)
Persea corymbosa (Vulnerable)
Persea costata
Persea croatii (Vulnerable)
Persea croizatii (Endangered)
Persea cuatrecasasii
Persea cubensis
Persea cuneata
Persea donnell-smithii (Vulnerable)
Persea fastigiata
Persea fendleri (Vulnerable)
Persea ferruginea
Persea fluviatilis
Persea foonchevii
Persea fragrans
Persea fulva
Persea fusca (Endangered)
Persea galeae
Persea glabra (Vulnerable)
Persea grandiflora
Persea haenkeana
Persea hexanthera
Persea hintonii (Vulnerable)
Persea hirta
Persea humilis (silk bay) (Attributes)
Persea jariensis
Persea jenmanii (Vulnerable)
Persea jitotolensis
Persea julianae
Persea karzii
Persea kostermansii
Persea krugii (canela) (Attributes)
Persea laevifolia
Persea lemensis
Persea liebmannii
Persea lingue (Attributes)
Persea longipeda
Persea longipes (Endangered)
Persea maguirei
Persea major
Persea meridensis (Vulnerable)
Persea meziana (Vulnerable)
Persea mutisii
Persea nammu
Persea negracotensis
Persea nivea
Persea nudigemma (laurel) (Vulnerable)
Persea oblongifolia (Vulnerable)
Persea obovata
Persea obscura (Endangered)
Persea obtusifolia (Vulnerable)
Persea pajonalis (Endangered)
Persea pallescens (Endangered)
Persea palustris (swamp bay) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Persea pedunculosa
Persea perglauca
Persea perseiphylla
Persea peruviana
Persea povedae
Persea praelingue
Persea psammophila
Persea pseudofasciculata
Persea pumila
Persea punctata
Persea purpusii
Persea pyrifolia
Persea raimondii (Vulnerable)
Persea rigens
Persea rigida
Persea rufescens (Endangered)
Persea rufotomentosa
Persea ruizii
Persea schiedeana (coyo) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Persea selloviana
Persea sericea
Persea sessilis
Persea shaferi
Persea silvatica
Persea sphaerocarpa
Persea splendens
Persea standleyi
Persea stricta
Persea subcordata
Persea sylvatica
Persea sylvestris
Persea tranninensis
Persea triplinervia
Persea trollii
Persea urbaniana (aquacatillo) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Persea vanderwerffii
Persea velutina
Persea venosa
Persea veraguasensis (Attributes)
Persea vesticula
Persea weberbaueri
Persea willdenovii
Persea willdenowii

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0