ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Persea americana

Name author: Mill.

A species in the Lauraceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea
Species: Persea americana
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1768

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Persea americana. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

36 synonyms in this snapshot

Laurus indicaName author: Sieber ex Nees
Laurus perseaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Persea americana var. americanaName author: Not supplied
Persea americana var. angustifoliaName author: Miranda
Persea americana var. aztecName author: Popenoe
Persea americana var. drimyfoliaName author: (Cham. & Schltdl.) S.F.Blake
Persea americana var. floccosaName author: (Mez) Scora
Persea americana var. guatemalensisName author: (L.O.Williams) Scora
Persea americana var. leiogynaName author: (S.F.Blake) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
Persea americana var. nubigenaName author: (L.O.Williams) L.E.Kopp
Persea americana var. steyermarkiiName author: (C.K.Allen) Scora
Persea americana var. tolimanensisName author: (Zentmyer & Schieber) Scora
Persea americana var. toltecName author: Popenoe
Persea americana var. zentmyeriName author: (Schieber & B.Bergh) Scora
Persea drimyfoliaName author: Schltdl. & Cham.
Persea edulisName author: Raf.
Persea floccosaName author: Mez
Persea giganteaName author: L.O.Williams
Persea gratissimaName author: C.F.Gaertn.
Persea gratissima var. drimyfoliaName author: (Cham. & Schltdl.) Mez
Persea gratissima var. macrophyllaName author: Meisn.
Persea gratissima var. melanocarpaName author: Phil.
Persea gratissima var. oblongaName author: Meisn.
Persea gratissima var. praecoxName author: Nees
Persea gratissima var. vulgarisName author: Meisn.
Persea leiogynaName author: S.F.Blake
Persea macrocarpaName author: Raf.
Persea nubigenaName author: L.O.Williams
Persea nubigena var. guatemalensisName author: L.O.Williams
Persea paucitriplinerviaName author: Lundell
Persea perseaName author: (L.) Cockerell
Persea praecoxName author: Poepp. ex Nees
Persea steyermarkiiName author: C.K.Allen
Persea sylvestrisName author: A.Rich.
Persea tolimanensisName author: Zentmyer & Schieber
Persea zentmyeriName author: Schieber & B.Bergh

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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