Persea americana
Persea americana Miller
English: alligator pear, Avocado , avocado
americanus,-a,-um;
ID recognized genus:
5187
recognized genus:
Persea Mill.
ID species:
770243 | wfo-0000465160 | 325643-2
ID basionym:
589253
published in:
Gard. Dict., ed. 8
ID publication:
5212
volume:
2
ID volume:
147405

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;

protologue: Gard. Dict., ed. 8 2: (1768) [url checked 20190218]


  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Naturalis: ()
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Illustrations_Benjamin_Cardenas_Valderrama: () [Benjamin Cardenas Valderrama]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Coll. Vélins Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 15 : t. 32 () [unsigned]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Coll. Vélins Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 15 : t. 33 () [M.F. Basseporte]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
M. North, Paintings M. North: t. 608 () [M. North]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Naturalis: ()
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
N.L. Britton, F.W. Horne, Popular Fl. Puerto Rico: t. 286] () [F.W. Horne]
2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Photo Max Antheunisse, Indonesia, Lombok
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
A.K. Wollstonecroft, , vol. 1(): : t. 35 ()
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
M. de Lobel, Pl. Strip. Icon., vol. 2 : p. 178, fig. 1 (1581)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J. Camerarius, Symb. Embl.: t. 44 (1590)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Woodblocks Plantin-Moretus: t. 5226MPM.HB.05226 (1553-1601)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
C. Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist., vol. 1 fasicle 1, : p. 3 (1601)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
C. Plumier, Mss., vol. 6 (Botanicon Americanum seu historia plantarum Americanis insulis nascentium): t. 101 (1689-1697) [C. Plumier]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J. Barrellier, Pl. Galliam Hispaniam Italiam Obs.: t. 875-878, fig. 878 (1714)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
H. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Draw. Roy. Bot. Exped. Viceroy. Peru: t. 642 [345] (1777) [I. Galvez]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
H. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Draw. Roy. Bot. Exped. Viceroy. Peru: t. 643 [345] (1777) [I. Galvez]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
H. Ruiz, J. Pavón, Draw. Roy. Bot. Exped. Viceroy. Peru: t. 644 [345] (1777) [NAGAAN]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
W. Roxburgh, Icones Roxburgianae (India): t. 0 (1780-1815)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
N.J. von Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 1780-1781: p. 58, t. 264, fig. 92 (1780-1781) [N.J. Jacquin]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J.C. Mutis, Draw. Roy. Bot. Exped. Granada: t. 858 (1783)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J.C. Mutis, Draw. Roy. Bot. Exped. Granada: t. 858B (1783)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J. Quer y Martinez, C.G. de Ortega, Fl. Españ., vol. 6 (Continuacion): t. 10 (1784)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
L. Byam, : t. 7 (1800)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J.A. Pavon, Laurographia: t. 12] (1804-1830) [Is. Galvez]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
C.F. von Gaertner, Suppl. Carp.: t. 221 (1805-1807)
  44 770243 Persea americana Miller [127]
M.E. Descourtilz, Voy. naturaliste, vol. 2 : t. 9, fig. c (1809)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
P.J.F. Turpin, Dict. Sci. Nat., Pl. Bot., vol. 3 : (1816-1829) [P.J.F. Turpin]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
F.R. de Tussac, Fl. Antill., vol. 3(): : t. 3 (1824-1826)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
D.N.F. Dietrich, Fl. Med. (Dietrich): t. 42 (1828-1831)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
J. Lindley, Edwards’s Bot. Reg., vol. 15 : t. 1258 (1829) [M. Hart]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
M.E. Descourtilz, Fl. Méd. Antilles, vol. 8 : t. 579 (1829) [J.T. Descourtilz]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
N.J. von Jacquin, Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist., ed. 1780-1781 [BNC]: p. 58, t. 264, fig. 92 (1839)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
E. Denisse, Fl. Amérique: t. 60 (1843-1846)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
E. Denisse, Fl. Amérique: t. 148, fig. 1 (1843-1846)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
R. Wight, , Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient., vol. 5 : t. 1823 (1846) [Govindoo]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
W. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 77 [ser. 3, vol. 7]: t. 4580 (1851) [W.H. Fitch]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
C.F.P. von Martius, A.G. Eichler, I. Urban, Fl. Bras., vol. 5(2): (Loranthaceae; Lauraceae, Hernandiaceae): t. 105 (1866)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
W. Rhind, Hist. Veg. Kingd.: t. 13, fig. 6 (1868) [W.H. Fitch]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4615 (1872-1948) [M.D. Arnold]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
A. Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico: (1883-1888) [A. Stahl]
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Ill. Hort., vol. 36 : t. 75 (1889)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 4, vol. 63 (63e ANNÉE - 1891): (1891)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 4, vol. 63 (63e ANNÉE - 1891): (1891)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 4, vol. 72 (72e ANNÉE - 1900): (1900)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
Rev. Hort. (Paris), ser. 4, vol. 72 (72e ANNÉE - 1900): , fig. 251 (1900)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4585 (1904)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4560 (1906)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4637 (1906) [A.A. Newton]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4638 (1906) [E.E. Lower]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4441 (1908)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4442 (1908)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4605 (1908)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
W. Fawcett, A.B. Rendle, Fl. Jamaica, vol. 3 : p. 207, fig. 85 (1914)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4544 (1914)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4636 (1914) [M.D. Arnold]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4604 (1915)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4602 (1916)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4603 (1916)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4607 (1916)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4608 (1916)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4536 (1917)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4599 (1918)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4610 (1919)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4611 (1919)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4600 (1927)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4601 (1927)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4424 (1932)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4579 (1937)
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4609 (1937) [J.M. Shull]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4612 (1937) [J.M. Shull]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4613 (1937) [J.M. Shull]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection: t. 4614 (1937) [J.M. Shull]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
K. Watanabe, Ill. Useful Pl. South. Reg., vol. 2(1): (Edible plants): t. 474 (1945)
  6 770243 Persea americana Miller [125 589253 Laurus persea L.]
H. Ruíz López, J.A. Pavon, Fl. Peruv., vol. 4 (Plates 326-425): t. 345 (1954) [I. Galvez]
  2 770243 Persea americana Miller [80 589253 Laurus persea L.]
E.L. Little,, F.H. Wadsworth, Common Trees Puerto Rico & Virgin Isl.: t. 51 (1964)
  589253
Persea americana Miller
K.M. Matthew, Ill. Fl. Palni Hills: t. 620 (1996)

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