Persea is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae,André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans. 1993 which includes 111 species. 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.
Accepted species
Persea alba Nees & Mart. Persea albida Kosterm. Persea albiramea Persea alpigena Persea americana Mill. Persea areolatocostae (C.K.Allen) van der Werff Persea aurata Persea barbujana Persea basiobtusa Persea benthamiana Meisn. Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp Persea bilocularis Persea boldufolia Mez Persea brenesii Standl. Persea brevipes Meisn. Persea brevipetiolata van der Werff Persea buchtienii Persea bullata L.E.Kopp Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez Persea caesia Persea calva Persea campii L.E.Kopp Persea chamissonis Mez Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern. Persea chrysophylla Persea cinerascens Blake Persea conferta L.E.Kopp Persea cordata Persea corymbosa Mez Persea costata Persea croatii van der Werff Persea croizatii van der Werff Persea cuatrecasasii Persea cuneata Meisn. Persea donnell-smithii Mez Persea dryadum Persea fastigiata L.E.Kopp Persea fendleri van der Werff Persea ferruginea Persea filipes Persea fuliginosa Nees & Mart. Persea fulva L.E.Kopp Persea fusca Persea glabra Persea grandiflora L.E.Kopp Persea haenkeana Mez Persea hexanthera L.E. Kopp Persea hintonii C.K. Allen Persea hirta Nees Persea hypoleuca Persea indica (L.) Spreng. Persea jariensis Persea jenmanii Mez Persea julianae Persea kostermansii Persea krugii Persea laevifolia Persea lemensis Persea liebmannii Mez Persea lingue (Miers ex Bertero) Nees Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn. Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp Persea meziana Persea microneura Persea mutisii Kunth Persea negracotensis Persea nivea Persea nudigemma van der Werff Persea oblongifolia Persea obovata Nees & Mart. Persea obscura Lorea-Hern. Persea obtusifolia L.E.Kopp Persea pajonalis van der Werff Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern. Persea pedunculosa Meisn. Persea perglauca Persea perseiphylla (C.K.Allen) van der Werff Persea peruviana Nees Persea povedae Persea psammophila Persea pseudofasciculata Persea pumila Persea punctata Persea purpusii L.E.Kopp Persea quarciticola Persea raimondii O.Schmidt Persea rigens C.K.Allen Persea rigida Nees & Mart. Persea rufescens Lundell Persea rufotomentosa Persea ruizii J.F.Macbr. Persea schiedeana Nees Persea sericea Kunth Persea silvatica Persea sphaerocarpa (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm. Persea splendens Persea sprucei Persea standleyi C.K.Allen Persea stricta Mez Persea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees Persea trollii O.C.Schmidt Persea urbaniana Persea vanderwerffii Persea venosa Nees & Mart. Persea veraguasensis Seem. Persea vesticula Standl. & Steyerm. Persea wangchiana (Chun) Kosterm. Persea weberbaueri Mez Persea willdenovii Kosterm.
Formerly placed here Machilus macranthus (as Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm.) Tamala borbonia (as Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.) Tamala palustris (as Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.)
References
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.