Characteristics
Dicots
Persea americana Mill.
AVOCADO
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Not Native
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Classification
LAURALES
Persea americana Mill. - AVOCADO
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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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Hernando
USF
 
Lee
USF
 
Miami-Dade
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
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

Accession No.
Country
State
County
Collection Date
Collector & Collection No
Notes
Image
Jamaica
Cornwall Co.
St. Elizabeth Par.
1841
s.n.
J. Wolle
 
Jamaica
Cornwall Co.
St. Elizabeth Par.
1844
s.n.
J. Wolle
 
USA
Florida
Brevard Co.
11 Apr 1973
M1036
A.G. Shuey
CULTIVATED.
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
17 Mar 1964
26947
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Hernando Co.
01 May 2015
2889
C. vanHoek
CULTIVATED.
USA
Florida
Lee Co.
11 Aug 1973
25
S. Todd
USA
Florida
Manatee Co.
05 Dec 2008
GP0016
E. Gandy
CULTIVATED.
USA
Florida
Miami-Dade Co.
22 Mar 1965
28349
O. K. Lakela
USA
Florida
Polk Co.
20 Oct 1973
s.n.
V. W. Yingst
CULTIVATED.
USA
Florida
Polk Co.
30 Mar 1999
s.n.
J. Murray
Plant Photos
Persea americana - 20
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Persea americana - 20
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Persea americana - 20
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Persea americana - 20
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Persea americana - 139
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Persea americana - 204
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Persea americana - 302
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