⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2529835, with some changes.

Persea americana Mill. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Persea (family Lauraceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Gard. Dict. ed. 8 s.p. 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325643-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Laurus persea L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea americana var. angustifolia Miranda	Synonym		TRO
Persea americana var. drymifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.F.Blake	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea americana var. nubigena (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea drymifolia Cham. & Schltdl.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea edulis Raf.	Synonym		TRO
Persea floccosa Mez	Synonym		TRO
Persea gigantea L.O.Williams	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea gratissima C.F.Gaertn.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea gratissima var. drimyfolia (Schltdl. & Cham.) Mez	Synonym		TRO
Persea gratissima var. macrophylla Meisn.	Synonym		TRO
Persea gratissima var. oblonga Meisn.	Synonym		TRO
Persea gratissima var. praecox Nees	Synonym		TRO
Persea gratissima var. vulgaris Meisn.	Synonym		TRO
Persea leiogyna Blake	Synonym		TRO
Persea nubigena L.O.Williams	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea nubigena var. guatemalensis L.O.Williams	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell	Synonym		TRO
Persea persea (L.) Cockerell	Synonym		TRO
Persea steyermarkii C.K.Allen	Synonym		WCSP (in review)