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Index of Botanical Specimens
Name
Persea
Miller
Authorship
Miller
Rank
Genus
NomenclaturalStatus
NomCons
Placed in
Lauraceae
Contains
Persea americana
Miller
Persea areolatacostae
(Allen) van der Werff
Persea austin-smithii
Standley
Persea balansae
Airy Shaw
Persea benthamiana
C. F. W. Meissner
Persea bilocularis
L. E. Kopp
Persea boliviensis
Mez & Rusby
Persea buchtienii
O. C. Schmidt
Persea caerulea
(Ruiz & Pavon) Mez
Persea caroliniensis
(Catesby ex Michaux) Nees
Persea cavaleriei
(H. Léveillé) Kostermans
Persea chamissonis
Mez
Persea cinerascens
S. F. Blake
Persea donnell-smithii
Mez
Persea drymifolia
Schlechtendal & Chamisso
Persea flavifolia
Lundell
Persea floccosa
Mez
Persea gentlei
Lundell
Persea gigantea
L. O. Williams
Persea gratissima
Gaertner
Persea hartmani
I. M. Johnston
Persea hartwegii
(Meisner) Hemsley
Persea hintonii
C. K. Allen
Persea humilis
Nash
Persea hypoleuca
(A. Richard) Mez
Persea inaequalis
A. C. Smith
Persea krugii
Mez
Persea leytensis
Elmer
Persea liebmannii
Mez
Persea lignitepala
Lasser
Persea longipes
(Schlechtendal) Meisner
Persea matudae
Lundell
Persea meyeniana
Nees
Persea nakaoi
(S. K. Lee) Kostermans
Persea nubigena
L. O. Williams
Persea nudigemma
van der Werff
Persea pachypoda
Nees
Persea palustris
(Rafinesque) Sargent
Persea peruviana
Nees
Persea podadenia
S. F. Blake
Persea popenoei
L. O. Williams
Persea portoricensis
Britton & P. Wilson
Persea pseudofasciculata
L. E. Kopp
Persea pubescens
(Pursh) Sargent
Persea purpusii
L. E. Kopp
Persea pyriformis
Elmer
Persea rigens
C. K. Allen
Persea scoparia
Mez
Persea sessilis
Standley & Steyermark
Persea shaferi
P. Wilson
Persea similis
Britton & P. Wilson
Persea skutchii
C. K. Allen
Persea sp.
Persea standleyi
C. K. Allen
Persea sterculioides
Elmer
Persea steyermarkii
C. K. Allen
Persea surigaoensis
Elmer
Persea urbaniana
Mez
Persea vesticula
Standley & Steyermark
Remarks
nom. cons.; Type: P. americana P. Miller (Gard. Dict. ed. 8. 16 Apr. 1768) (Laurus persea Linnaeus)
Citation
28 Jan 1754
Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.
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Holdings
2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Persea Miller
Identification made in
[no date] (2)