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The genus Persea is in the family Lauraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Persea

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Persea acunae Borhidi & Imkhan.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea alba Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea albida Kosterm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea albiramea van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea alpigena Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Persea americana Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea anomala Britton & P.Wilson	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea areolatocostae (C.K.Allen) van der Werff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea arunachalensis M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea aurata Miq.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea australis Linden	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea ayui-y D.Parodi	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea benthamiana Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea bhaskarii M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea bilocularis L.E. Kopp	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea blumei Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea bofo Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea boldufolia Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea bootanica (Meisn.) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	2
Persea bracteata (Lecomte) Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea brenesii Standl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea brevipes Meisn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea brevipetiolata van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea buchtienii O.C. Schmidt	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea bullata L.E. Kopp	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea caesia Meisn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea campii L.E. Kopp	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea canescens Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea carolinensis (Raf.) Nees	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea cathia Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea causticans Pasq.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea ceanothifolia Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea chamissonis Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea chartacea Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea chayuensis (S.K. Lee) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea chunii Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea cinerascens S.F. Blake	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea conferta L.E. Kopp	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea cordata Meisn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea cordata Mez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea coriacea Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea corymbosa Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea croatii van der Werff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea croizatii van der Werff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea cuatrecasasii Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea cubensis Meisn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea culilawan (Blume) Bisch.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea cuneata Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea curranii (Merr.) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea declinata (Blume) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea domingensis (Mez) Mez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea donnell-smithii Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea ekmanii O.C.Schmidt	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea endothrix Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea excelsa (Blume) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea fastigiata L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea fendleri van der Werff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea ferruginea Kunth	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea fluviatilis van der Werff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea foetida Ettingsh.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea fragrans (Kaneh. ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea frigida Linden	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea fruticosa (Kurz) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea fuliginosa Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea fulva L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea fusca Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea galeae Acuña	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea gamblei (King ex Hook. f.) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea gammieana (King ex Hook.f.) Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea glaberrima Mez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea glabra van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea grandiflora L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea granulosa D.Parodi	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea haenkeana Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea haridasanii M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea hartmannii I.M.Johnst.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea hartwegii (Meisn.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea hemsleyi (Nakai) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea hexanthera L.E. Kopp	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea himalayaensis M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea himalayaensis M.Gangop. & V.S.Kumar	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea hintonii C.K. Allen	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea hirta Nees	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea humilis Nash	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea indica (L.) Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea jariensis Vattimo	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea jenmanii Mez	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea jitotolensis Linden	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea julianae van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea kerri Kosterm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea laevifolia van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea lanceolata Mez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea lanceolata (Nees) Oliv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea laurel-moroti D.Parodi	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea laxa Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea leptophylla (Hand.-Mazz.) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea levinei (Merr.) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea liebmannii Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea lingue (Miers ex Bertero) Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea lobitensis M.G. Gangop.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea lohitensis M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea longipeda Bertol.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea macrocarpa Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea magniperulata Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea malayana Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea melanophylla (H.W. Li) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea microcarpa (Hemsl.) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea microphylla Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea mutisii Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea nam-mu Oliv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea nan-mu Oliv.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea negracotensis O.C. Schmidt	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea nitens Mez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea nivea Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea nudigemma van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea nutans Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea obovata Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea obscura Lorea-Hern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea obtusifolia L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea odoratissima (Nees) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea oleifolia (Mez) Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea pajonalis van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pallida (Nees) Oliv.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea parviflora (Meisn.) Harid. & R.R.Rao	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea parviflora Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea patens Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea peduncularis (Nees) Nees	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pedunculata (Blume) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pedunculosa Meisn.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea perglauca Lundell	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea perseiphylla (C.K.Allen) van der Werff	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea peruviana Nees	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pierrei (Lecomte) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea portoricensis Britton & P.Wilson	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea povedae W.C. Burger	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea psammophila Mart. ex Meisn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea pseudo-sassafras Zoll. & Moritzi	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pseudofasciculata L.E.Kopp	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea pseudoindica Link	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea punctata Meisn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea purpusii L.E. Kopp	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea pyrifolia (D. Don) Spreng.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea racemosa Mez	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea raimondii O.C. Schmidt	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea rigens C.K.Allen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea rigida Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea rigida Nees	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea rimosa Zoll. ex Meisn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea rufescens Lundell	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea rufotomentosa Nees & C. Mart.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea ruizii J.F.Macbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea russellii M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea sassafras Spreng.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea schiedeana Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea semecarpifolia Trimen	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea sericea Kunth	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea sessilis Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea shaferi P.Wilson	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea sharmae M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea shawii Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea shiwandashanica (Hung T. Chang) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea sikkimensis M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea silvatica van der Werff	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea sintoc (Blume) Bisch.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea sphaerocarpa (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea splendens Meisn.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea standleyi C.K.Allen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea stricta Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea subtriplinervia Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea surigaoensis Elmer	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea sylvestris A.Rich.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea teneriffae F.Muell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea tenuiflora Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea tolimanensis Zentmyer & Schieber	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea tomentosa (D. Don) Spreng.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea tranninensis Glaz.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea trollii O.C. Schmidt	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea tubigera Mart. ex Nees	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea upendrae M.Gangop.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea velutina (Champ. ex Benth.) Kosterm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea venosa Nees & Mart.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea veraguasensis Seem.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea veraguensis Meisn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea vesticula Standl. & Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea viburnoides Meisn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea wallichii D.G.Long	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea wangchiana (Chun) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea weberbaueri Mez	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Persea willdenovii Kosterm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea yacupeti D.Parodi	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Persea zentmyeri Schieber & B.Bergh	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 319 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Persea. Of these 118 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 35 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Persea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 319 species names for the genus Persea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	118	37.0%
◕	Synonym	98	30.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	103	32.3%

All names

The status of the 354 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Persea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	120	33.9%
◕	Synonym	128	36.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	106	29.9%

Of the species names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 6 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 319 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Persea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	116	94	0	0	210	65.8%
	Low confidence	2	4	0	103	109	34.2%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Persea is as follows: