092.0000
Family
Lauraceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 80 (1789), nom. cons.
55 genera, ca. 3300 spp. Systematics taken from Song et al. (2019)
Species listed in database: 3380
= Cassythaceae Bartl. ex Lindl.; Nix. Pl.: 15 (1833), nom. cons.
= Perseaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 61 (1834)
092.0705
Genus
Persea Mill.; Gard. dict. abr. ed. 4: 1030 (1754), nom. cons.
Distribution: Tropical America, Canary Isl. (1). The genus is taken here excluding the Asian species (in Machilus etc.) which are frequently included.
Species listed in database: 116
= Farnesia (Heist. ex) Fabr.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Helmstad. ed. 2, 400 (1763)
= Menestrata Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 199 (1825) 5: t. 2 (1827)
= Mutisiopersea Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 133 (1993)
= Nyrophylla Neck.; Elem. Bot. 2: 240 (1790)
= Tamala Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 136 (1838)
species :
Persea acunae
Borhidi & Imkhan.; Acta Agron. Acad. Sci. Hung. 27: 429 (1978)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
species :
Persea alba
Nees; Linnaea 8: 51 (1833)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
species :
Persea albida
Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 7: 511 (1969)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Honduras; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea guatemalensis Lundell; Wrightia 5(2): 37 (1974)
= Persea pallida Mez & Pittier; Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II, 3: 231 (1903) (non (Nees) Oliv.)
species :
Persea albiramea
van der Werff; Novon 12(4): 578 (2002)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Persea alpigena
(Sw.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 268 (1825)
Name: Wild pear (Jamaica)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus alpigena Sw.; Fl. Ind. Occ. 2: 704 (1798)
= Nothaphoebe alpigena (Sw.) Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3(2): 116 (1889)
variant :
var. harrisii
(Mez) L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 40 (1966)
Distribution: Jamaica
81 JAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea harrisii Mez; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 325 (1897)
species :
Persea americana
Mill.; Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) (1768)
Name: Pear, Zaboca (Trinidad & Tobago); Aguacate, Alligator pear, Avocado, Avocatier, Avocadobaum
Distribution: Gambia [I]; Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [c]; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Principe Isl. [I]; São Tomé [I]; Annobon Isl. [I]; Congo [Brazzaville] [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Sudan [I]; South Sudan [I]; Mauritius [I] (incl. Tromelin Isl. [I]); La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Chagos Arch. [I] (Diego Garcia [I]); China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Hainan [I], Sichuan [I], Yunnan [I]); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Nepal [I]; India [c]; Bangladesh [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos [I]; Vietnam [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Solomon Isl. [I]; New Zealand [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Tuvalu [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Mitiaro [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Nuku Hiva [I], Ua Huka [I], Ua Pou [I], Hiva Oa [I], Fatu Hiva [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I], Huahine [I], Raiatea [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); Pitcairn Isl. [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Majuro [I]); Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Florida [I]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Isla del Coco; Panama; Bahamas [I]; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola [I] (Dominican Republic [I], Haiti [I]); Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Antigua [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, Santander, Tolima, Valle); Isla Margarita [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador; Galapagos; Peru; Bolivia [c]; Argentina [I]
22 ben bkn gam gui 23 ann bio caf cmn con pri sao 24 ssu sud 29 cgs mau reu rod 36 chi 38 nns tai 40 ban ind nep 41 lao mya vie 42 jaw lsi phi 43 sol 51 nzl 60 fij nue nwc rot ton tuv van 61 aui coo mrq pit sci tua 62 mic mrs 63 haw 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COC COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 aba bah CUB dom gdl his JAM mts pue stv trt ven vir 82 CLM frg guy sur SWC ven 83 bol ECU GAL PER 85 arg
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus indica Sieber ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 128 (1836)
= Laurus persea L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 370 (1753)
= Persea americana subsp. drymifolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) A.E.Murray; Kalmia 15: 17 (1985)
= Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 17: [129], fig. 1 (1946)
= Persea americana var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 15 (1920)
= Persea americana var. floccosa (Mez) Scora; Avocado: 19 (2002)
= Persea americana var. guatemalensis (L.O.Williams) Scora; Avocado: 20 (2002)
= Persea americana var. leiogyna (S.F.Blake) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton; Standard. Pl. Names, ed. 2: 474 (1942)
= Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 19 (1966)
= Persea americana var. steyermarkii (C.K.Allen) Scora; Avocado: 19 (2002)
= Persea americana var. tolimanensis (Zentmyer & Schieber) Scora; Avocado: 21 (2002)
= Persea americana var. zentmyeri (Schieber & B.Bergh) Scora; Avocado: 19 (2002)
= Persea drimyfolia Schltdl. & Cham.; Linnaea 6: 365 (1831)
= Persea edulis Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 134 (1838)
= Persea floccosa Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 148 (1889)
= Persea gigantea L.O.Williams; Ceiba 4: 39 (1953)
= Persea gratissima C.F.Gaertn.; Suppl. Carp.: 222 (1807)
= Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 147 (1889)
= Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 53 (1864)
= Persea gratissima var. melanocarpa Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 91: 501 (1895)
= Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 53 (1864)
= Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees
= Persea leiogyna S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 19 (1920)
= Persea macrocarpa Raf.; Med. Repos. N. York 5: 352 (1808)
= Persea nubigena L.O.Williams; Ceiba 1: 55 (1950)
= Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L.O.Williams; Econ. Bot. 31(3): 318 (1977)
= Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell; Wrightia 5(5): 146 (1975)
= Persea persea (L.) Cockerell; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 95 (1892)
= Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 129 (1836)
= Persea steyermarkii C.K.Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 286 (1945)
= Persea sylvestris A.Rich.; R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 186 (1850)
species :
Persea anomala
Britton & P.Wilson; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 50: 38 (1923)
Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti)
81 CUB HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea ekmanii O.C.Schmidt; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 27: 153 (1929)
species :
Persea areolatocostae
(Allen) van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(2): 471 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Valle); Venezuela (Amazonas); Ecuador; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cinnamomum areolatocostae (Allen) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 10(5): 441 (1988)
= Phoebe areolatocostae C.K.Allen; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 5, 75 (1964)
species :
Persea aurata
Miq.; Linnaea 22: 805 (1849)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea aurata (Miq.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea basiobtusa
Rohwer; Novon 31(1): 198 (2023)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Persea benthamiana
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 44 (1864)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Amazonas)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea venosa Benth. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 44 (1864)
species :
Persea bernardii
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 100 (1966)
Distribution: Colombia (Norte de Santander); Venezuela (Merida)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Persea bilocularis
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 62 (1966)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: known only from type
species :
Persea boldufolia
Mex; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Nov. Sp. 3: 66 (1906)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Persea borbonia
(L.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 268 (1825)
Name: Redbay
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas); Bahamas
77 USA 78 USA 81 BAH
Synonyms: hidden
= Borbonia borbonia (L.) House; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 63 (1922)
= Borbonia carolinensis J.Presl; Bercht. & Presl, Prir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 57 (1825)
= Borbonia littoralis (Small) House; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 63 (1922)
= Laurus borbonia L.; Sp. Pl. 2: 870 (1753)
= Laurus carolinensis Catesby ex Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 265 (1803)
= Laurus carolinensis var. glabra Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 276 (1813)
= Laurus carolinensis var. obtusa Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 276 (1813)
= Laurus elongata Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 344 (1796)
= Laurus foetens Willd. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 151 (1836)
= Notaphoebe borbonica (L.) Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 2: 116 (1889)
= Ocotea carolinensis (J.Presl) Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 482 (1833)
= Ocotea plumieri Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 482 (1833)
= Persea carolinensis (Catesby ex Michx.) Nees; Syst. Laur. 150 (1836)
= Persea littoralis Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 820 (1903)
= Tamala borbonia (L.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 136 (1838)
= Tamala carolinensis (J.Presl) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 136 (1838)
= Tamala littoralis (Small) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] ed. 2, 822 (1913)
species :
Persea brenesii
Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 18: 458 (1937)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea brenesii (Standl.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea brevipes
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 46 (1864)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Persea brevipetiolata
van der Werff; Novon 12(4): 581 (2002)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Persea buchtienii
O.C.Schmidt; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 179 (1933)
Distribution: Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz)
83 BOL
species :
Persea bullata
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 64 (1966)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Persea caerulea
(Ruiz & Pav.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 171 (1889)
Distribution: Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Caldas, La Guajira, Magdalena, Valle); Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Portuguesa, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz)
80 COS HON NIC PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus caerulea Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. 4: t. 350 (1804), et ex Meisn., DC. Prod. 15: t. 49, 235 (1864)
= Laurus coerulea Ruiz & Pav. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 49 (1864)
= Laurus laevigata (Kunth) Willd. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 49, 237 (1864)
= Laurus pruinosa Willd. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 146 (1836)
= Laurus pyrifolia Willd. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 146 (1836)
= Laurus viburnoides Willd. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 148 (1836)
= Persea laevigata Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 157 (1817)
= Persea laevigata var. caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 49 (1864)
= Persea lignitepala Lasser; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 9: 177 (1944)
= Persea petiolaris Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 159 (1817)
= Persea skutchii C.K.Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 298 (1945)
species :
Persea caesia
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 44 (1864)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Persea calva
Rohwer & van der Werff; Novon 32: 131 (2024)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Persea campii
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 99 (1966)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea campii (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea chamissonis
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 168 (1889)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea chamissonis (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea chrysantha
Lorea-Hern.; Acta Bot. Mex. 71: 80 (2005)
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan)
79 MEX
species :
Persea chrysophylla
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 61 (1966)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea chrysophylla (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea cinerascens
Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 18 (1920)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz)
79 MEX
species :
Persea conferta
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 78 (1966)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Persea corymbosa
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 158 (1889)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea corymbosa (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea costata
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 50 (1864)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia); Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea costata (Meisn.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
= Oreodaphne antioquiana Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 116 (1864)
species :
Persea croatii
van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(2): 471 (1989)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Persea croizatii
van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(2): 472 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas)
82 CLM
species :
Persea cuatrecasasii
Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 6: 290 (1962)
Distribution: Colombia
82 CLM
species :
Persea cuneata
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 46 (1864)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Antioquia, Chocó, Valle); Venezuela (Trujillo); Ecuador; Peru
80 COS PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Beilschmiedia cuneata (Meisn.) Kosterm.; Bol. Tecn. Inst. Agron. Norte, Para, No. 28, 59 (1954)
= Beilschmiedia lundelliana Lasser; Bol. Tecn. Ministr. Agric. y Cria, Caracas, No. 3, 7 (1942)
= Mutisiopersea cuneata (Meisn.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea donnell-smithii
Mez; Arb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau1: 113 (1892)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS GUA HON NIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea donnell-smithii (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea dryadum
Rohwer; Novon 31(1): 201 (2023)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Persea fastigiata
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 5, 71 (1964)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea fastigiata (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
= Persea fastigiata var. pilosa L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 72 (1964)
variant :
var. bilocularis
H.Ferrer; Hoehnea 39(3): 455 (2012)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
variant :
var. sericea
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10(5): 72 (1964)
Distribution: Colombia; Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Persea fendleri
van der Werff; Novon 4(1): 72 (1994)
Distribution: Venezuela (Anzoategui, Aragua, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Sucre, Yaracuy)
82 VEN
species :
Persea ferruginea
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 154 (1889)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Huila); Venezuela (Trujillo); Ecuador; Peru
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea humboldtii Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 158 (1889)
species :
Persea filipes
Rusby; Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 505 (1910)
Distribution: Bolivia
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Cinnamomum filipes (Rusby) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 7: 461 (1969)
species :
Persea fuliginosa
Nees & Mart.; Linnaea 8: 51 (1833)
Distribution: S-Brazil
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea lanata Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 164 (1889)
species :
Persea fulva
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 28 (1966)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea fulva (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
variant :
var. strigosifolia
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 29 (1966)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Persea fusca
Mez; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: Beibl. 67: 14 (1901)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal)
84 BRA
variant :
var. angustifolia
Mez; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(1, Beibl. 67): 15 (1901)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Goiás)
84 BRA
species :
Persea glabra
van der Werff; Kew Bull. 48(1): 25 (1993)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Persea grandiflora
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 5, 73 (1964)
Distribution: Colombia (Caquetá, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar)
82 CLM VEN
species :
Persea haenkeana
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 174 (1889)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Beilschmiedia durifolia (Mez) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants, 2(1-2): 10 (1996), isonym
= Beilschmiedia durifolia (Mez) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 7: 144 (1965)
= Mutisiopersea haenkeana (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
= Persea durifolia Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Nov. Sp. 3: 65 (1906)
= Persea scoparia Mez; Arb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau 1: 115 (1892)
species :
Persea hexanthera
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 86 (1966)
Distribution: Colombia (Cauca, Huila, Meta, Quindío); Peru
82 CLM 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea hexanthera (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
= Persea crassifolia Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Nov. Sp. 3: 67 (1906) (nom. illeg.)
species :
Persea hintonii
C.K.Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 298 (1945)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea hintonii (C.K.Allen) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 134 (1993)
species :
Persea hirta
Nees; Syst. Laur. 673 (1836)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea rugosa Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 47 (1864) p. p.
species :
Persea humilis
Nash; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 157 (1895)
Name: Silk bay
Distribution: USA (Florida)
78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borbonia humilis (Nash) House; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 63 (1922)
= Persea borbonia subsp. humilis (Nash) A.E.Murray; Kalmia 13: 11 (1983)
= Persea borbonia var. humilis (Nash) L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 44 (1966)
= Tamala humilis (Nash) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] ed. 2, 822 (1913)
species :
Persea hypoleuca
(A.Rich.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 174 (1889)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea hypoleuca (A.Rich.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Nothaphoebe cubensis Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] 3(2): 116 (1889)
= Persea cubensis Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 51 (1864)
= Persea galeae Acuña; Rev. Soc. Cubana Bot. 6: Nos. 2-3, 4 (1949)
= Phoebe hypoleuca A.Rich.; Fl. Cub. Fanerog. 2: 185 (1850)
species :
Persea indica
(L.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 268 (1825)
Name: Vinatigo (ES)
Distribution: Azores (Santa Maria Isl., Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores Isl., Corvo Isl.); Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Canary Isl. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma Isl.)
21 AZO CNY MDR
Synonyms: hidden
= Borbonia indica (L.) J.Presl; Rostl. 2: 57 (1825)
= Laurus americana Nees; Syst. Laur. 135 (1836)
= Laurus indica L.; Sp. Pl. 1: 370 (1753)
= Laurus latifolia Salisb.; Prod. 343 (1796)
= Laurus teneriffae Poir.; Encycl. [J. Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 3: 322 (1813)
= Ocotea indica (L.) Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 482 (1833)
= Persea pseudoindica Link; Handb. 1: 389 (1829)
= Persea teneriffae (Poir.) F.Muell.; Sel. Pl. Indust. Cult. 159 (1871)
= Phoebe indica (L.) Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 2: 115 (1889)
species :
Persea jariensis
Vattimo-Gil; Rev. Brasil. Biol. 48(4): 956 (1988)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
species :
Persea jenmanii
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 162 (1889)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 GUY VEN 84 BRA
species :
Persea julianae
van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(3): 939 (1989)
Distribution: Surinam
82 SUR
species :
Persea kostermansii
I.M.Turner; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 51(5): 308 (2014), nom. nov.
Distribution: Surinam
82 SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea coriacea Kosterm.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht No. 25: 12 (1936)
species :
Persea krugii
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 162 (1889)
Name: Aguacatillo, Canela de la tierra, Macao, Mericao (Dominican Republic), Canela (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Cuba; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic, Haiti); Puerto Rico
81 CUB HIS PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea krugii (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea domingensis (Mez) Mez; Arb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau1: 116 (1892)
= Persea hypoleuca var. domingensis Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 175 (1889)
species :
Persea laevifolia
van der Werff; Novon 12(4): 582 (2002)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Persea lemensis
H.Ferrer & Sanoja; Hoehnea 39(3): 462 (2012)
Distribution: Venezuela
82 VEN
species :
Persea liebmannii
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 100 (1889)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea liebmannii (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Mutisiopersea podadenia (S.F.Blake) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea flavifolia Lundell; Contrib. Univ. Michigan Herb. No. 6, 17 (1941)
= Persea petenensis Lundell; Wrightia 4: 109 (1969)
= Persea podadenia S.F.Blake; Contr. Gray Herb., n. s. 52: 62 (1917)
= Persea podadenia var. glabriramea I.M.Johnst.; Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 69 (1924)
species :
Persea lingue
(Ruiz & Pav.) Nees; Syst. Laur. 157 (1836)
Name: Lingue (Chile)
Distribution: Chile (Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios, Los Lagos)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus ligi Dombey ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 157 (1836)
= Laurus linge Ruiz ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 48 (1864)
= Laurus lingue Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. 4: t. 358 (1804)
= Laurus lingui Gillies ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 48 (1864), orth. var.
= Laurus linguy Miers ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 157 (1836), orth. var.
= Laurus palustris Poepp. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 48 (1864)
= Nothaphoebe lingue (Ruiz & Pav.) Baeza; Nom. Vulgar. Pl. Silvestr. Chile, 126 (1930)
= Nothaphoebe meyeniana (Nees) Baeza; Nom. Vulgar. Pl. Silvestr. Chile, 126 (1930)
= Persea frigida Linden; Cat. Pl. Exot. 22/23: 27 (1869)
= Persea intermedia Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 91: 502 (1895)
= Persea lige Nees ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 48 (1864)
= Persea lingue var. canescens Nees; Syst. Laur. 157 (1836)
= Persea lingue var. palustris Nees; Syst. Laur. 157 (1836)
= Persea meyeniana Nees; Linnaea 8: 5 (1833)
species :
Persea longipes
(Schltdl.) Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 55 (1864)
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz); Argentina (Chubut)
79 MEX 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus longipes Schltdl.; Linnaea 7: 390 (1832)
species :
Persea maguirei
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 5, 73 (1964)
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
species :
Persea major
(Meisn.) L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 37 (1966)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus cordata Vell.; Fl. Flumin. 163 4: t. 50 (1829)
= Mutisiopersea major (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea cordata (Vell.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 165 (1889) non Meisn.
= Persea cordata var. major (Meisn.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 166 (1889)
= Persea pyrifolia var. major Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 49 (1864)
species :
Persea meridensis
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 81 (1966)
Distribution: Venezuela (Merida, Portuguesa)
82 VEN
species :
Persea meziana
Rasingam & Karthig.; Phytotaxa 491(2): 191 (2021), nom. nov.
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea cordata Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 54 (1864)
= Persea cordata var. glabra Mez; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 593 (1913)
= Persea cordata var. microphylla Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 166 (1889)
= Persea cordata var. pubescens Glaz.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 593 (1913)
= Persea microphylla (Mez) Mez; Arb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau1: 115 (1892), nom. illeg.
species :
Persea microneura
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 53 (1864)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cinnamomum microneurum (Meisn.) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 6: 22 (1961)
= Phoebe microneura (Meisn.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 204 (1889)
species :
Persea mutisii
Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 158 (1817)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Merida, Monagas, Tachira, Trujillo); Ecuador
82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Couepia laurifolia Cuatrec.; Brittonia 8: 198 (1956)
= Laurus bogotensis Willd. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 163 (1836)
= Mutisiopersea mutisii (Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea laurifolia (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec.; Brittonia 11: 166 (1959)
= Persea mutisii var. lindenii Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 45 (1864)
= Persea mutisii var. purdiei Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 45 (1864)
= Persea pachytepala Lasser; Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 9: 178 (1944)
species :
Persea negracotensis
O.C.Schmidt; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 180 (1933)
Distribution: Bolivia (Bolivia)
83 BOL
Conservation Status: known only from type
species :
Persea nivea
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 148 (1889)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
82 FRG GUY SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea nivea (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
species :
Persea nudigemma
van der Werff; Novon 4(1): 74 (1994)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Persea oblongifolia
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 43 (1966)
Distribution: Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
81 HIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea oblongifolia (L.E.Kopp) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
species :
Persea obovata
Nees & Mart. ex Nees; Linnaea 8: 51 (1833)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Persea obscura
Lorea-Hern.; Acta Bot. Mex. 71: 83 (2005)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Persea obtusifolia
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 81 (1966)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
species :
Persea pajonalis
van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75(2): 413 (1988)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Persea pallescens
(Mez) Lorea-Hern.; Novon 19(2): 201 (2009)
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cinnamomum pallescens (Mez) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 6: 22 (1961)
= Phoebe pallescens Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 218 (1889)
= Persea parvifolia L.O.Williams; Econ. Bot. 31(3): 320 (1977)
species :
Persea palustris
(Raf.) Sarg.; Man. Trees N. Am. ed. 2, 358 (1922)
Name: Swamp bay
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Borbonia pubescens (Pursh) House; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 63 (1922)
= Laurus carolinensis subsp. pubescens (Pursh) A.E.Murray; Kalmia 13: 11 (1983)
= Laurus caroliniensis var. pubescens Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 276 (1813)
= Persea borbonia f. pubescens (Pursh) Fernald; Rhodora 47: 149 (1945)
= Persea borbonia subsp. pubescens (Pursh) A.E.Murray; Kalmia 13: 11 (1983)
= Persea borbonia var. pubescens (Pursh) Little; Phytologia 42(3): 219 (1979)
= Persea carolinensis f. pubescens (Pursh) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 176 (1889)
= Persea carolinensis var. pubescens (Pursh) Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 51 (1864)
= Persea palustris f. laevifolia Fernald; Rhodora 44: 399 (1942)
= Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.; Sylv. N. Am. 7: 7 t. 302 (1895)
= Tamala palustris (Sarg.) Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 137 (1838)
= Tamala pubescens (Pursh) Small; Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] ed. 2, 822 (1913)
species :
Persea pedunculosa
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15 1: 47 (1864)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea rugosa var. tomentella Meisn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 5(2): 157 (1866)
species :
Persea perglauca
Lundell; Wrightia 5(5): 147 (1975)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Persea perseiphylla
(Allen) van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(4): 961 (1989)
Distribution: Colombia (Guainía, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 CLM VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Ocotea perseiphylla C.K.Allen; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 10: No. 5, 109 (1964)
species :
Persea peruviana
Nees; Syst. Laur. 155 (1836)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea peruviana (Nees) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea boliviensis Mez & Rusby ex Rusby; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 113 (1896)
= Persea peruviana var. boliviensis (Mez & Rusby) L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 84 (1966)
species :
Persea povedae
W.C.Burger; Fieldiana, Bot. 23: 105 (1990)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Magdalena, Quindío); Ecuador
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 83 ECU
species :
Persea psammophila
P.L.R.Moraes; Syst. Bot. 46(2): 281 (2021)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Persea pseudofasciculata
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 85 (1966)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Colombia (Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
80 COS 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
variant :
var. parviflora
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(1): 85 (1966)
Distribution: Colombia; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 84 BRA
species :
Persea pumila
P.L.R.Moraes & R.S.Pacheco; Syst. Bot. 39(2): 405 (2014)
Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Persea punctata
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 50 (1864), et ex Mez, Arb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Breslau1: 114 (1892), descr. ampl.
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea punctata (Meisn.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea lanceolata (Meisn.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 150 (1889)
= Persea punctata var. matthewsii Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 505 (1864)
= Persea splendens var. lanceolata Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 44 (1864)
species :
Persea purpusii
L.E.Kopp; Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: No. 1, 52 (1966)
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
species :
Persea pyrifolia
Nees & Mart.; Linnaea 8: 50 (1833)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
species :
Persea quarciticola
P.L.R.Moraes & Brotto; Brittonia 76(1): 11 (2024)
Distribution: Brazil (Espírito Santo)
84 BRA
species :
Persea raimondii
O.C.Schmidt; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 725 (1929)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Persea rigens
C.K.Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 297 (1945)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Quindío, Valle); Venezuela (Anzoategui, Sucre); Ecuador
80 COS PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea rigens var. oblaticarpa H.Ferrer; Hoehnea 39: 471 (2012)
species :
Persea rigida
Nees; Syst. Laur. 154 (1836)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Persea rufescens
Lundell; Wrightia 5(2): 38 (1974)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
species :
Persea rufotomentosa
Nees & Mart. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 153 (1836)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea rufotomentosa (Nees) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea rigida Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 46 (1864)
= Persea rigida var. claussenii Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 46 (1864)
species :
Persea ruizii
J.F.Macbr.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 11: 18 (1931)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus ferruginea Ruiz & Pav.; Laurographia: t. 372 (1813)
= Mutisiopersea ruizii (J.F.Macbr.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3: 135 (1993)
= Persea ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 154 (1889)
species :
Persea schiedeana
Nees; Syst. Laur. 130 (1836)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Chocó)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON PAN 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea gratissima var. schiedeana (Nees) Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 53 (1864)
= Persea pittieri Mez; Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 67: 15 (1901)
species :
Persea sericea
(Kunth) Poepp. ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 46 (1864)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea sericea (Kunth) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea sericea Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 2: 159 (1817)
= Laurus sericea (Kunth) Willd. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 162 (1836)
species :
Persea sessilis
Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 115 (1944)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Persea shaferi
P.Wilson; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 65 (1920)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Persea silvatica
van der Werff; Fieldiana, Bot. 23: 107 (1990)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Persea sphaerocarpa
(H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 6: 156 (1962)
Distribution: Bolivia
83 BOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Beilschmiedia sphaerocarpa H.J.P.Winkl.; Buchtien, Contrib. Fl. Bolivia 115 (1910) (nomen)
species :
Persea splendens
Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 44 (1864)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Tocantins); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Nothaphoebe splendens (Meisn.) Pax ex A.Samp.; Comm. Linh. Telegr. Matto-Grosso Amazonas, Annexo 5, Bot. 10: 6 (1917)
= Persea splendens var. chrysophylla Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 44 (1864)
species :
Persea sprucei
Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 7: 143 (1965), nom. nov.
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Cinnamomum semecarpifolium (Meisn.) Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 6: 23 (1961)
= Oreodaphne semecarpifolia Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 120 (1864)
= Phoebe semecarpifolia (Meisn.) Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 217 (1889)
species :
Persea standleyi
C.K.Allen; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 301 (1945)
Distribution: ?Mexico; Guatemala; Honduras
80 GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea standleyi (C.K.Allen) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
species :
Persea stricta
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 141 (1889)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
species :
Persea subcordata
(Ruiz & Pav.) Nees; Linnaea 21: 492 (1848)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia, Huila, Santander); Venezuela (Merida); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Laurus subcordata Ruiz & Pav.; Fl. Peruv. 4: t. 369 (1804)
= Mutisiopersea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea vestita Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 154 (1889)
species :
Persea trollii
O.C.Schmidt; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 31: 180 (1933)
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Conservation Status: known only from type
species :
Persea urbaniana
Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 143 (1889)
Name: Laurier-avocate, Sweetwood (Lesser Antilles), Aguacatillo (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Trinidad
81 DOM GDL JAM MAR MTS PUE STL TRT
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea urbaniana (Mez) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea glaberrima Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 144 (1889)
= Persea portoricensis Britton & P.Wilson; Sci. Surv. Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 346 (1926)
species :
Persea vanderwerffii
Doweld; Phytotaxa 379(1): 84 (2018), nom. nov.
Distribution: Venezuela (Amazonas)
82 VEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea fluviatilis van der Werff; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76(2): 474 (1989)
species :
Persea venosa
Nees & Mart. ex Nees; Linnaea 8: 50 (1833)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina (Corrientes)
84 BRA 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea hypoglauca Mart. ex Nees; Syst. Laur. 132 (1836)
= Persea racemosa Mez; Jahrb. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 172 (1889)
= Persea venosa var. tersa Nees & Mart.; Linnaea 8: 50 (1833)
species :
Persea veraguasensis
Seem.; Bot. Voy. Herald, 193 (1854)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea veraguasensis (Seem.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea veraguensis Meisn.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 15(1): 51 (1864)
species :
Persea vesticula
Standl. & Steyerm.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 116(1944)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras
79 MEX 80 ELS GUA HON
Synonyms: hidden
= Mutisiopersea vesticula (Standl. & Steyerm.) Kosterm.; Rheedea 3(2): 135 (1993)
= Persea popenoei L.O.Williams; Ceiba 1: 57 (1950)
= Persea chiapensis Lundell; Wrightia 1: 150 (1946)
species :
Persea weberbaueri
Mez; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Nov. Sp. 3: 66 (1906)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Persea willdenovii
Kosterm.; Reinwardtia 7: 511 (1969)
Distribution: NE-Brazil (Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Persea pyrifolia var. rigida Meisn.; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1870: 130 (1870)
