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Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details
Persea americana
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Conservation Status
- IUCN: least concern
- USFWS: None
Family: LAURACEAE
Genus: Persea
Species: americana
Species Author: Mill.
Vernacular: AvocaAvocado Pear, Avocado, Aguacate
Synonyms: Persea gratissima
Genus: Persea
Species: americana
Species Author: Mill.
Vernacular: AvocaAvocado Pear, Avocado, Aguacate
Synonyms: Persea gratissima
The avocado (Persea americana) is a tree native to the Caribbean, Mexico,[1] South America and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. The name "avocado" also refers to the fruit (technically a large berry that contains a large seed[2]) of the tree, which may be egg-shaped or spherical.
Cite: Wikipedia.com
Cite: Wikipedia.com
- 022828 - collected by Michael Evans in 1966
- 091701 - collected by Art Whistler in 1973
- 006531 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1987
- 006532 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1987
- 006239 - collected by David H. Lorence in 1988
- 016500 - collected by Jacques Florence in 1991
- 028729 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1999
- 035710 - collected by Hank Oppenheimer in 2002
- 039412 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2003
- 039575 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2003
- 041018 - collected by Liloa Dunn in 2003
- 045998 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2006
- 050318 - collected by Hank Oppenheimer in 2008
- 062090 - collected by Hank Oppenheimer in 2008
- 072617 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2010
- Unassigned - collected by Katherine Brainard in 2017
- 076326 - collected by Katherine Brainard in 2017
- 082124 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2020
- W - collected by Tim Flynn in 2020
We currently have 19 herbarium specimens for Persea americana in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.
