Biology:List of Persea species

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Persea is a genus of 99 accepted number 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. There are more than 200 synonyms in the genus.

The following list is according to The Plant List.

Accepted species

• Persea alba Nees & Mart.
• Persea albida Kosterm.
• Persea americana Mill.
• Persea areolatocostae (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
• Persea benthamiana Meisn.
• Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp
• Persea boldufolia Mez
• Persea bootanica (Meisn.) Kosterm.
• Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
• Persea brenesii Standl.
• Persea brevipes Meisn.
• Persea brevipetiolata van der Werff
• Persea bullata L.E. Kopp
• Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
• Persea campii L.E. Kopp
• Persea carolinensis (Raf.) Nees
• Persea chamissonis Mez
• Persea chayuensis (S.K. Lee) Kosterm.
• Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern.
• Persea chunii (H.T. Chang ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm.
• Persea cinerascens Blake
• Persea conferta L.E. Kopp
• Persea corymbosa Mez
• Persea croatii van der Werff
• Persea croizatii van der Werff
• Persea cuneata Meisn.
• Persea curranii (Merr.) Kosterm.
• Persea declinata (Blume) Kosterm.
• Persea donnell-smithii Mez
• Persea effusa (Meisn.) Hemsl.
• Persea excelsa (Blume) Kosterm.
• Persea fastigiata L.E.Kopp
• Persea fendleri van der Werff
• Persea fluviatilis van der Werff
• Persea fragrans (Kaneh. ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm.
• Persea fruticosa (Kurz) Kosterm.
• Persea fuliginosa Nees & Mart.
• Persea fulva L.E.Kopp
• Persea grandiflora L.E.Kopp
• Persea grandis Mez
• Persea haenkeana Mez
• Persea hartwegii (Meisn.) Hemsl.
• Persea hemsleyi (Nakai) Kosterm.
• Persea hexanthera L.E. Kopp
• Persea hintonii C.K. Allen
• Persea hirta Nees
• Persea humilis Nash
• Persea indica (L.) Spreng.
• Persea jenmanii Mez
• Persea levinei (Merr.) Kosterm.
• Persea liebmannii Mez
• Persea lingue (Miers ex Bertero) Nees
• Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn.
• Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm.
• Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp
• Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp )
• Persea melanophylla (H.W. Li) Kosterm.
• Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp
• Persea mutisii Kunth
• Persea nudigemma van der Werff
• Persea obovata Nees & Mart.
• Persea obscura Lorea-Hern.
• Persea obtusifolia L.E. Kopp
• Persea odoratissima (Nees) Kosterm.
• Persea pajonalis van der Werff
• Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern.
• Persea pallida (Nees) Oliv.
• Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.
• Persea peduncularis (Nees) Nees
• Persea pedunculata (Blume) Kosterm.
• Persea pedunculosa Meisn.
• Persea perseiphylla (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
• Persea peruviana Nees
• Persea petiolaris (Meisn.) Deb
• Persea pierrei (Lecomte) Kosterm.
• Persea pseudofasciculata L.E.Kopp
• Persea purpusii L.E. Kopp
• Persea pyrifolia Nees
• Persea raimondii O. Schmidt
• Persea rigens C.K.Allen
• Persea rigida Nees & Mart.
• Persea rufescens Lundell
• Persea ruizii J.F.Macbr.
• Persea schiedeana Nees
• Persea sericea Kunth
• Persea shiwandashanica (Hung T. Chang) Kosterm.
• Persea sphaerocarpa (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm.
• Persea standleyi C.K.Allen
• Persea stricta Mez
• Persea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees
• Persea tomentosa (D. Don) Spreng.
• Persea triplinervis (Griseb.) M. Gómez
• Persea trollii O.C. Schmidt
• Persea venosa Nees & Mart.
• Persea veraguasensis Seem.
• Persea vesticula Standl. & Steyerm.
• Persea wangchiana (Chun) Kosterm.
• Persea weberbaueri Mez
• Persea willdenovii Kosterm.

External links

• Avocado source Extensive information on the Avocado — and the genus Persea and subgenera.
• Flora of North America: Persea
• Flora of China: Machilus — full list of Machilus species native to China.