''Persea'' is a

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of 99 accepted number species of

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belonging to the laurel family,

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant family that includes the true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genera worldwide (Christenhusz & Byng 2016 ). They are dicotyledons, and occur ma ...

.André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans. 1993 The best-known member of the genus is the

avocado The avocado (''Persea americana'') is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated by Mesoamerican tribes more than 5,000 years ago. Then as now it was prized for i ...

, ''P. americana'', widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible

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. There are more than 200 synonyms in the genus. The following list is according t
The Plant List

Accepted species

*'' Persea alba '' Nees & Mart. *'' Persea albida '' Kosterm. *''

Persea americana The avocado (''Persea americana'') is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to Americas, the Americas and was first domesticated by Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican tribes more than 5,000 years ago. Pre-Columb ...

'' Mill. *'' Persea areolatocostae '' (C.K.Allen) van der Werff *'' Persea benthamiana ''

Meisn. Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

*'' Persea bernardii '' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea boldufolia '' Mez *'' Persea bootanica '' (Meisn.) Kosterm. *''

Persea borbonia ''Persea borbonia'' or redbay is a small, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to the southeastern United States. It belongs to the genus '' Persea'', a group of evergreen trees including bays and the avocado. ''Persea borbonia ...

'' (L.) Spreng. *'' Persea brenesii '' Standl. *'' Persea brevipes '' Meisn. *'' Persea brevipetiolata '' van der Werff *'' Persea bullata '' L.E. Kopp *'' Persea caerulea'' (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez *'' Persea campii '' L.E. Kopp *'' Persea carolinensis '' (Raf.) Nees *'' Persea chamissonis'' Mez *'' Persea chayuensis'' (S.K. Lee) Kosterm. *'' Persea chrysantha '' Lorea-Hern. *'' Persea chunii'' (H.T. Chang ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm. *'' Persea cinerascens '' Blake *'' Persea conferta '' L.E. Kopp *'' Persea corymbosa '' Mez *'' Persea croatii '' van der Werff *'' Persea croizatii '' van der Werff *'' Persea cuneata '' Meisn. *'' Persea curranii '' (Merr.) Kosterm. *'' Persea declinata '' (Blume) Kosterm. *''

Persea donnell-smithii ''Persea'' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, ''P. americana'', widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit. ...

'' Mez *'' Persea effusa '' (Meisn.) Hemsl. *'' Persea excelsa '' (Blume) Kosterm. *'' Persea fastigiata '' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea fendleri'' van der Werff *'' Persea fluviatilis '' van der Werff *'' Persea fragrans'' (Kaneh. ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm. *'' Persea fruticosa'' (Kurz) Kosterm. *'' Persea fuliginosa'' Nees & Mart. *'' Persea fulva '' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea grandiflora '' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea grandis '' Mez *'' Persea haenkeana'' Mez *'' Persea hartwegii '' (Meisn.) Hemsl. *'' Persea hemsleyi '' (Nakai) Kosterm. *'' Persea hexanthera'' L.E. Kopp *'' Persea hintonii '' C.K. Allen *'' Persea hirta '' Nees *''

Persea humilis ''Persea'' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, ''P. americana'', widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit. ...

'' Nash *''

Persea indica ''Persea indica'' is a large, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae), native to humid uplands on Madeira and the Canary Islands in the North Atlantic. It belongs to the genus ''Persea'', a group of evergreen trees including the avocado. ...

'' (L.) Spreng. *'' Persea jenmanii '' Mez *'' Persea levinei '' (Merr.) Kosterm. *'' Persea liebmannii '' Mez *'' Persea lingue '' (Miers ex Bertero) Nees *'' Persea longipes '' (Schltdl.) Meisn. *'' Persea macrantha'' (Nees) Kosterm. *'' Persea maguirei'' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea major '' (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp ) *'' Persea melanophylla '' (H.W. Li) Kosterm. *'' Persea meridensis '' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea mutisii'' Kunth *''

Persea nudigemma ''Persea nudigemma'' is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae, commonly known as laurel. It is a flowering, leafy plant Endemism, endemic to subtropical or tropical moist montane forests in Ecuador. References

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'' van der Werff *'' Persea obovata '' Nees & Mart. *'' Persea obscura '' Lorea-Hern. *'' Persea obtusifolia '' L.E. Kopp *''

Persea odoratissima ''Persea'' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, ''P. americana'', widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit. O ...

'' (Nees) Kosterm. *'' Persea pajonalis '' van der Werff *'' Persea pallescens'' (Mez) Lorea-Hern. *'' Persea pallida '' (Nees) Oliv. *''

Persea palustris ''Persea palustris'', also known as swamp bay or swampbay, is a small tree or shrub found throughout the Southeastern United States and the Bahamas, with much of its range overlapping with that of its relative ''Persea borbonia''. It is generally ...

'' (Raf.) Sarg. *'' Persea peduncularis '' (Nees) Nees *'' Persea pedunculata '' (Blume) Kosterm. *'' Persea pedunculosa'' Meisn. *'' Persea perseiphylla '' (C.K.Allen) van der Werff *'' Persea peruviana'' Nees *'' Persea petiolaris '' (Meisn.) Deb *'' Persea pierrei '' (Lecomte) Kosterm. *'' Persea pseudofasciculata '' L.E.Kopp *'' Persea purpusii'' L.E. Kopp *'' Persea pyrifolia '' Nees *'' Persea raimondii'' O. Schmidt *'' Persea rigens'' C.K.Allen *'' Persea rigida '' Nees & Mart. *'' Persea rufescens '' Lundell *'' Persea ruizii'' J.F.Macbr. *'' Persea schiedeana'' Nees *'' Persea sericea '' Kunth *'' Persea shiwandashanica '' (Hung T. Chang) Kosterm. *''

Persea sphaerocarpa ''Persea'' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, ''P. americana'', widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit. O ...

'' (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm. *'' Persea standleyi'' C.K.Allen *'' Persea stricta '' Mez *'' Persea subcordata '' (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees *'' Persea tomentosa '' (D. Don) Spreng. *'' Persea triplinervis'' (Griseb.) M. Gómez *'' Persea trollii'' O.C. Schmidt *'' Persea venosa '' Nees & Mart. *'' Persea veraguasensis'' Seem. *'' Persea vesticula '' Standl. & Steyerm. *'' Persea wangchiana '' (Chun) Kosterm. *'' Persea weberbaueri '' Mez *'' Persea willdenovii'' Kosterm.

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Avocado The avocado (''Persea americana'') is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated by Mesoamerican tribes more than 5,000 years ago. Then as now it was prized for i ...

— ''and the genus

Persea ''Persea'' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, ''P. americana'', widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit. O ...

and subgenera.''
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