Characteristics
Dicots
Persea americana Mill.
AVOCADO
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Not Native
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Citation
PERSEA AMERICANA Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
Laurus persea Linnaeus 1753.
JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: pl. 222(2). 1725). Lectotypified by van der Werff, Novon 12: 580. 2002.
Species Distribution Map
Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.
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Hernando
USF
Lee
USF
Miami-Dade
USF
Synonyms
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Type
Laurus persea
Laurus persea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 370. 1753.
TYPE: JAMAICA: Without data (lectotype: Sloane, Voy. Jamaica 2: pl. 222(2). 1725). Lectotypified by van der Werff, Novon 12: 580. 2002.
Persea americana var. angustifolia
Persea americana Miller, var. angustifolia Miranda, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 17: 129. 1946.
TYPE: MEXICO: Puebla: Without data, Miranda 3482 (holotype: MEXU?; isotype: NY?).
Persea americana var. drymifolia
Persea americana Miller, var. drymifolia (Schlechtendal & Chamisso) S. F. Blake, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 10: 15. 1920.
BASIONYM: Persea drymifolia Schlechtendal & Chamisso 1831.
Persea americana var. leiogyna
Persea americana Miller, var. leiogyna (S. F. Blake) Kelsey & Dayton, Stand. Pl. Names, ed. 2. 474. 1942.
BASIONYM: Persea leiogyna S. F. Blake 1920.
Persea americana var. nubigena
Persea americana Miller, var. nubigena (L. O. Williams) L. E. Kopp, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 19. 1966.
BASIONYM: Persea nubigena L. O. Williams 1950.
Persea drymifolia
Persea drymifolia Schlechtendal & Chamisso, Linnaea 6: 365. 1831.
TYPE: MEXICO: Veracruz: Papantla, Mar, Schiede & Deppe 1140 (holotype: ?; isotype: MO).
Persea edulis
Persea edulis Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 134. 1838, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Persea americana Miller 1768; Laurus persea Linnaeus 1753.
Persea floccosa
Persea floccosa Mez, Jahrb. Koenigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 148. 1889.
TYPE: MEXICO: Puebla: Near Chinantla, 1841, Liebmann 85 (holotype: B; isotype: C).
Persea gigantea
Persea gigantea L. O. Williams, Ceiba 4: 39. 1953.
TYPE: HONDURAS: Morazán: Mount Uyuca, 9 May 1947, Williams & Molina 12629 (holotype: EAP).
Persea gratissima
Persea gratissima C. F. Gaertner, Suppl. Carp. 222, t. 221. 1807, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Persea americana Miller 1768; Laurus persea Linnaeus 1753.
Specimens and Distribution
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Counties listed: Brevard, Hernando, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Polk, St. Elizabeth Par.
Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1841 - 2015
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