Byam, L., collection of fruits from the West Indies (1800)

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Persea americana Miller

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binominal name:
Persea americana Miller
binominal name (basionym):
Laurus persea L.

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cited non-linnean name:
Avocado Pear

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drawing: L. Byam

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family: Lauraceae

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epithet: americanus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
John Carter Brown Collections

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=410041

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Laurus persea L.; Persea persea (L.) Cockerell;
heterotypic synonyms:
Persea drymifolia Cham. & Schltdl.; Persea edulis Raf.; Persea floccosa Mez; Persea gigantea L.O.Williams; Persea gratissima Gaertner f.; Persea leiogyna Blake; Persea nubigena L.O.Williams; Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell; Persea steyermarkii C.K.Allen;