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Persea Mill.

This genus name was first published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. : [s.p.] (1754)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000028846.

Synonyms of Persea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mutisiopersea Kosterm. Rheedea 3(2): 132. 1993. — wfo-4000025049
Tamala Raf. Sylva Tellur. 136. 1838. — wfo-4000037496

Species in Persea ( showing species 1 to 15 of 118)

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Persea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea acunae Borhidi & Imkhan. Acta Agron. Acad. Sci. Hung. 27: 429 1978 wfo-0000465165
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea alpigena Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 268 1825 wfo-0000465161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea alpigena var. harrisii (Mez) L.E. Kopp – — wfo-0001041156
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea anomala Britton & P.Wilson Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 38 1923 wfo-0000465157
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea argentea Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 269 1825 wfo-0000465155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea arunachalensis M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 129 2006 — wfo-0000509960
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea australis Linden Cat. Gén. 23: 27 1869 wfo-0000465220
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea ayui-y D.Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 4: 131 1877 wfo-0000465219
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea bhaskarii M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 131 2006 — wfo-0000509961
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea blumei Kosterm. Reinwardtia 9: 110 1974 wfo-0000465212
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea bofo Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 269 1825 wfo-0000465221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea bracteata (Lecomte) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 191 1962 wfo-0000465213
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea camfora (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 268 1825 wfo-0000465223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea canariensis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 268 1825 wfo-0000465233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea canescens Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 280 1836 wfo-0000465229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea caryophyllata Mart. Reise Bras. 3: 915 1831 wfo-0000465228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cathia Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 156 1827 wfo-0000465226
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea caustica Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 269 1825 wfo-0000465225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea causticans Pasq. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli 77 1867 wfo-0000465224
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea ceanothifolia Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 236 1836 wfo-0000465208
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea chartacea Kosterm. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25: 42 1974 publ. 1975 wfo-0000465211
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cinnamomum Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 267 1825 wfo-0000465189
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea clarkeana (King ex Hook.f.) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 191 1962 wfo-0000465188
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cochinchinensis (Lecomte) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 191 1962 wfo-0000465187
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cordata Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 54 1864 wfo-0000465186
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cordata Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 165 1889 wfo-0000465200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea coriacea Kosterm. Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 25: 12 1936 wfo-0000465201
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cuatrecasasii Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 290 1962 wfo-0000465205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea cubensis Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 51 1864 wfo-0000465202
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea culilawan (Blume) Bisch. Grund. Med. Bot. 342 1831 — wfo-0000465195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea domingensis (Mez) Mez Arbeiten Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 116 1892 wfo-0000465197
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea dubia (Das & P.C.Kanjilal) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 191 1962 wfo-0000465058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea ekmanii O.C.Schmidt Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 153 1929 wfo-0000465077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea endothrix Kosterm. Reinwardtia 9: 111 1974 wfo-0000465076
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea exaltata Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 268 1825 wfo-0000465066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea ferruginea Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 159 1817 wfo-0000465070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea foetida Ettingsh. Blatt-Skel. Dikot. 46 1861 — wfo-0000465093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea frigida Linden Cat. Gén. 23: 27 1869 wfo-0000465092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea fructifera Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 192 1962 wfo-0000465091
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea galeae Acuña Revista Soc. Cub. Bot. 6(2-3): 4 1949 wfo-0000465096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea gammieana (King ex Hook.f.) Kosterm. Enum. Fl. Pl. Nepal 3: 186 1982 wfo-0000465085
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea glaberrima Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 144 1889 wfo-0000465082
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea globularia Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 192 1962 wfo-0000465051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea grandifolia (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 77: 546 1990 wfo-0000465053
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea granulosa D.Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 265 1878 wfo-0000465052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea haridasanii M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 133 2006 — wfo-0000509962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea hartmannii I.M.Johnst. Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 69 1924 wfo-0000467571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea himalayaensis M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 135 2006 — wfo-0000509963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea himalayaensis M.Gangop. & V.S.Kumar Nelumbo 51: 254 2009 wfo-0000746939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea hypoleuca var. domingensis Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 175 1889 wfo-0000470095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea jitotolensis Linden Cat. Gén. 23: 27 1869 wfo-0000465059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea kerri Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 291 291 1962 wfo-0001070999
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea kingii (Hook.f.) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 192 1962 wfo-0000465056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea kobu (Maxim.) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 192 1962 wfo-0000465095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea lanceolata Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 150 1889 wfo-0000465122
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea lanceolata (Nees) Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: 11, t. 1316 1880 wfo-0000465128
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea laurel-moroti D.Parodi Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 263 1878 wfo-0000465125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea laxa Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 468 1836 wfo-0000465124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea leucantha Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 310 1836 — wfo-0000465137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea lige Nees ex Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 48 1864 wfo-0000465143
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea listeri (King ex Hook.f.) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 193 1962 wfo-0000465132
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea lobitensis M.G. Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 138 138 2006 — wfo-0001285349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea lohitensis M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 138 2006 — wfo-0000509964
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea longipeda Bertol. Misc. Bot. 13: 14 1853 wfo-0000465135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea macrocarpa Raf. Med. Repos. II, 5: 352 1808 wfo-0000465133
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea magniperulata Kosterm. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 25: 42 1974 publ. 1975 wfo-0000465110
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea malayana Kosterm. Reinwardtia 8: 118 1970 wfo-0000465106
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea marginata Bartl. ex Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 142 1864 wfo-0000465105
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea minutiflora Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 193 1962 wfo-0000465098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea nam-mu Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1316 1880 wfo-0000465121
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea nan-mu Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14: t. 1316 1880 wfo-0000465120
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea nitens Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 146 1889 wfo-0000465118
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea nitida Spreng. Syst. Veg. 4(2): 156 1827 wfo-0000465117
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea nutans Nees Syst. Laur. 141 1836 wfo-0000465115
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea oleifolia (Mez) Kosterm. Bibliogr. Laurac. 1244 1964 wfo-0000465587
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea paniculigera Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 313 1836 wfo-0000465860
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea parviflora (Meisn.) Harid. & R.R.Rao Forest Fl. Meghalaya 2: 739 1987 wfo-0000465854
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea parviflora Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 270 1825 wfo-0000465859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea patens Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 270 1825 wfo-0000465864
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea portoricensis Britton & P.Wilson Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 346 1926 wfo-0000465871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 129 1836 wfo-0000465869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea psammophila Mart. ex Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 161 1864 wfo-0000465867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea pseudo-sassafras Zoll. & Moritzi Nat. en Geneesk. Arch. Neerl. Indie 1: 615 615 1844 wfo-0001070547
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea pseudoindica Link Handbuch 1: 389 1829 wfo-0000465865
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea pseudokobu (Koidz.) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 193 1962 wfo-0000465850
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea racemosa Mez Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 172 1889 wfo-0000470142
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea rigida Nees Syst. Laur. 154 154 1836 — wfo-0001070554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea rimosa Zoll. ex Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 42 1864 wfo-0000465833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea russellii M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 138 2006 — wfo-0000509965
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea sarcocalyx H.Buek Gen. Sp. Candoll. 4: 253 1874 wfo-0000465840
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea sassafras Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 270 1825 wfo-0000465845
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea scortechinii (Gamble) Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 194 1962 wfo-0000465844
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea semecarpifolia Trimen 75 75 1885 — wfo-0001071508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea shaferi P.Wilson Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 65 1920 — wfo-0000465889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea sharmae M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 142 2006 — wfo-0000509966
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea shawii Kosterm. Reinwardtia 6: 194 1962 wfo-0000465839
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea sikkimensis M.Gangop. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 48: 144 2006 — wfo-0000509967
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea similis Britton & P.Wilson Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 38 1923 wfo-0000465908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea sintoc (Blume) Bisch. Grund. Med. Bot. 342 1831 — wfo-0000465907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Persea subtriplinervia Mart. ex Nees Syst. Laur. 466 1836 wfo-0000465899