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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Persea

Hierarchical position of the Genus Persea

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Magnoliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xxvi, 95. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Dicots       Subclassis  Magnoliidae Nov�k ex Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 51. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Lauranae Takht. pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 53. 1 Mai 1997.       Ordo  Laurales Perleb pub. Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr.: 174. Sep-Oct 1826.       Familia  Lauraceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 80. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Laurels       Subfamilia  Perseoideae Pax in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 2: 112. Mar 1889.       Tribus  Perseeae Nees pub. Syst. Laur.: 20, 28bis, 121. 30 Oct-5 Nov 1836.       Genus  Persea Mill. pub. (1754) common name: bay tree

Named members of the Genus Persea

1	Species  americana Miller common name: avocado, alligator pear
	2    Varietas  americana common name: avocado 3    Varietas  drymifolia (Schldl. & Cham.) S. F. Blake common name: Mexican avocado
4	Species  borbonia (L.) Spreng.
	5    Varietas  humilis (Nash) Kopp syn. Persea humilis 6    Varietas  pubescens (Pursh) Little syn. Persea palustris
7	Species  gratissima Gaertner f. syn. Persea americana var. americana
8	Species  humilis Nash common name: silk bay
9	Species  krugii Mez common name: canela
10	Species  littoralis Small syn. Persea borbonia
11	Species  nubigena L. O. Williams
	12    Varietas  guatemalensis L. O. Williams common name: Guatemalan avocado
13	Species  palustris (Raf.) Sarg. common name: swamp bay
14	Species  persea (L.) Cockerell syn. Persea americana
15	Species  portoricensis Britt. & Wilson syn. Persea urbaniana
16	Species  pubescens (Pursh) Sarg. syn. Persea palustris
17	Species  schiedeana Nees common name: coyo  (), avocado
18	Species  urbaniana Mez common name: aquacatillo

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.