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Persea americana Mill.

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

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) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000364124
Persea gratissima C.F.Gaertn. Suppl. Carp. : 222 (1807) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465049
Persea floccosa Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 148 (1889) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465067
Persea edulis Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 134 (1838) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465079
Persea gigantea L.O.Williams Ceiba 4: 39 (1953) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465083
Persea nubigena L.O.Williams Ceiba 1: 55 (1950) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465111
Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L.O.Williams Econ. Bot. 31: 318 (1977) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465116
Persea macrocarpa Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465133
Persea drimyfolia Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 365 (1831) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465144
Persea americana var. floccosa (Mez) Scora Avocado : 19 (2002) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465159
Persea persea (L.) Cockerell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 95 (1892) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465855
Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell Wrightia 5: 146 (1975) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465857
Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees Syst. Laur. : 129 (1836) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465869
Persea zentmyeri Schieber & B.Bergh Calif. Avocado Soc. Yearb. 21: 202 (1987) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465879
Persea steyermarkii C.K.Allen J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 286 (1945) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465901
Persea tolimanensis Zentmyer & Schieber Acta Hort. 275: 384 (1990) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465914
Persea sylvestris A.Rich. Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 186 (1850) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000465921
Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 147 (1889) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000467647
Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 53 (1864) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000467648
Persea gratissima var. melanocarpa Phil. Anales Univ. Chile 91: 501 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000467649
Persea americana var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 15 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000467652
Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 19 (1966) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000467653
Persea leiogyna S.F.Blake J. Washington Acad. Sci. 10: 19 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001070687
Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 17: 129 (1946) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001071155
Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 53 (1864) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001071157
Persea americana var. americana wfo-0001071448
Persea gratissima var. vulgaris Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 53 (1864) wfo-0001072080
Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees Syst. Laur. : 129 (1836) wfo-0001267169
Persea americana var. leiogyna (S.F.Blake) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton Standard. Pl. Names , ed. 2: 474 (1942) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001395425
Persea americana var. guatemalensis (L.O.Williams) Scora Avocado : 20 (2002) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001411600
Persea americana var. steyermarkii (C.K.Allen) Scora Avocado : 19 (2002) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001411601
Persea americana var. tolimanensis (Zentmyer & Schieber) Scora Avocado : 21 (2002) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001411602
Persea americana var. zentmyeri (Schieber & B.Bergh) Scora Avocado : 19 (2002) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001411603
Persea americana var. aztec Popenoe Ceiba 1(2): 117 (1950) wfo-1200026345
Persea americana var. toltec Popenoe Ceiba 1(3): 227 (1951) wfo-1200026346
Laurus indica Sieber ex Nees Syst. Laur. : 128 (1836) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200026424