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March 2019

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Persea americana Mill.

This species name was first published in Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : [s.p.] (1768)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000465160.

Synonyms of Persea americana Mill.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Laurus persea L. Sp. Pl. 370 1753 wfo-0000364124
Persea gratissima C.F.Gaertn. Suppl. Carp. 222 1807 wfo-0000465049
Persea floccosa Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 148 1889 wfo-0000465067
Persea edulis Raf. Sylva Tellur. 134 1838 wfo-0000465079
Persea gigantea L.O.Williams Ceiba 4: 39 1953 wfo-0000465083
Persea nubigena L.O.Williams Ceiba 1: 55 1950 wfo-0000465111
Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L.O.Williams Econ. Bot. 31: 318 1977 wfo-0000465116
Persea drimyfolia Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 365 1831 wfo-0000465144
Persea americana var. floccosa (Mez) Scora Avocado 19 2002 wfo-0000465159
Persea persea (L.) Cockerell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 95 1892 wfo-0000465855
Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell Wrightia 5: 146 1975 wfo-0000465857
Persea steyermarkii C.K.Allen J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 286 1945 wfo-0000465901
Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 147 1889 wfo-0000467647
Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 53 1864 wfo-0000467648
Persea gratissima var. melanocarpa Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 91: 501 1895 wfo-0000467649
Persea americana var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.F.Blake J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 15 1920 wfo-0000467652
Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 19 1966 wfo-0000467653
Persea leiogyna S.F. Blake J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 19 19 1920 wfo-0001070687
Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 17: 129, f. 1 129 1946 wfo-0001071155
Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 53 53 1864 wfo-0001071157
Persea americana var. americana wfo-0001071448
Persea gratissima var. vulgaris Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 53 53 1864 wfo-0001072080
Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees Syst. Laur. 129 129 1836 wfo-0001267169