Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Persea Miller
Authorship	Miller
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomCons
Placed in	Lauraceae
Contains	Persea acuminata Nees & Mart. ex Nees Persea acuminatissima (Hayata) Kosterm. Persea acunae Borhidi & Imkhan. Persea alba Nees Persea albida Kosterm. Persea albiramea van der Werff Persea alpigena (Sw.) Spreng. Persea americana Miller Persea amplexicaulis Cham. & Schltdl. Persea anomala Britton & P.Wilson Persea areolatacostae (Allen) van der Werff Persea areolatocostae (Allen) van der Werff Persea argentea Spreng. Persea arisanensis (Hayata) Kosterm. Persea arunachalensis M.Gangop. Persea aurata Miq. Persea aurita Miq. Persea austin-smithii Standley Persea austroguizhouensis (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea ayui-y D.Parodi Persea azorica Seub. Persea baileyana F.Muell. ex F.M.Bailey Persea balansae Airy Shaw Persea barbujana (Cav.) Mabb. & Nieto Fel. Persea baviensis (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea benthamiana C. F. W. Meissner Persea bernardiae L.E.Kopp Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp Persea bhaskarii M.Gangop. Persea bilocularis L. E. Kopp Persea blumei Kosterm. Persea bofo (Kunth) Spreng. Persea boldufolia Mex Persea boliviensis Mez & Rusby Persea bombycina (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea bonii (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea bootanica (Meisn.) Kosterm. Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. Persea bournei (Hemsl.) Kosterm. Persea bracteata (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea brenesii Standl. Persea breviflora (Benth.) Pax Persea brevipes Meisn. Persea brevipetiolata van der Werff Persea buchtienii O. C. Schmidt Persea bullata L.E.Kopp Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pavon) Mez Persea caesia Meisn. Persea camfora (L.) Spreng. Persea camphora (L.) Spreng. Persea campii L.E.Kopp Persea canariensis (Willd.) Spreng. Persea canescens Mart. ex Nees Persea carolinensis (Catesby ex Michx.) Nees Persea caroliniensis (Catesby ex Michaux) Nees Persea caryophyllacea Mart. Persea caryophyllata Mart. Persea cassia (L.) Spreng. Persea catesbyana (Michx.) Chapm. Persea cathia (D.Don) Spreng. Persea caustica (Molina) Spreng. Persea causticans Pasq. Persea cavaleriei (H. Léveillé) Kostermans Persea ceanothifolia Mart. ex Nees Persea chamissonis Mez Persea chartacea Kostermans Persea chayuensis (S.Lee) Kosterm. Persea chekiangensis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea chiapensis Lundell Persea chienkweiensis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea chinensis (Benth.) Pax Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern. Persea chrysobalanoides Lundell Persea chrysophylla L.E.Kopp Persea chrysotricha (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea chuanchienensis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea chunii (H.T.Chang ex S.C.Lee) Kosterm. Persea cicatricosa (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea cinerascens S. F. Blake Persea cinnamomifolia Kunth Persea cinnamomum Spreng. Persea clarkeana (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea cochinchinensis (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea conferta L.E.Kopp Persea coriacea Kosterm. Persea corymbosa Mez Persea costata Meisn. Persea crassifolia Mez Persea croatii van der Werff Persea croizatii van der Werff Persea cuatrecasasii Kosterm. Persea cubeba (Lour.) Spreng. Persea cubensis Meisn. Persea culilawan (Blume) Bisch. Persea culitlawan (L.) Bisch. Persea cuneata Meisn. Persea cupularis (Lam.) Spreng. Persea curranii (Merr.) Kosterm. Persea curvifolia (Lour.) Spreng. Persea declinata (Blume) Kosterm. Persea decursinervis (Chun) Kosterm. Persea densiflora Meisn. Persea dinganensis (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea domingensis (Mez) Mez Persea donnell-smithii Mez Persea drimyfolia Schltdl. & Cham. Persea drymifolia Schlechtendal & Chamisso Persea dubia (Das & P.C.Kanjilal) Kosterm. Persea dulcis (Roxb.) Spreng. Persea dumicola (W.W.Sm.) AiryShaw Persea durifolia Mez Persea duthiei (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea edulis Raf. Persea effusa (Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.fil. Persea ekmanii O.C.Schmidt Persea endothrix Kosterm. Persea erythropus Nees & Mart. ex Nees Persea exaltata (Sw.) Spreng. Persea excelsa (Blume) Kosterm. Persea fasciculata (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea fastigiata L.E.Kopp Persea fendleri van der Werff Persea ferruginea Mez Persea filipes Rusby Persea flavifolia Lundell Persea floccosa Mez Persea floribunda (Sw.) Schott Persea fluviatilis VanDerWerff Persea foetens (Aiton) Spreng. Persea foetida Ettingsh. Persea foonchevii (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea foonchewii (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea fragrans (Kaneh. ex S.C.Lee) Kosterm. Persea frigida Linden Persea fructifera Kosterm. Persea fruticosa (Kurz) Kosterm. Persea fukienensis (H.T.Chang) Kosterm. Persea fuliginosa Nees & Mart. Persea fulva L.E.Kopp Persea fusca Mez Persea galeae Acuña Persea gamblei (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea gammieana (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea gentlei Lundell Persea gigantea L. O. Williams Persea glaberrima Mez Persea glabra van der Werff Persea glaucifolia (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea globosa (Aubl.) Spreng. Persea globularia Kosterm. Persea gongshanensis (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea gracillima (Chun) Kosterm. Persea grandibracteata (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea grandiflora L.E.Kopp Persea grandifolia (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea gratissima Gaertner Persea grijsii (Hance) Kosterm. Persea guatemalensis Lundell Persea haenkeana Mez Persea haridasanii M.Gangop. Persea harrisii Mez Persea hartmani I. M. Johnston Persea hartmanii I.M.Johnst. Persea hartwegii (Meisner) Hemsley Persea hemsleyi (Nakai) Kosterm. Persea henryi (Airy Shaw) Kosterm. Persea hexanthera L.E.Kopp Persea himalayaensis M.Gangop. & V.S.Kumar Persea himalayensis M.Gangop. & V.S.Kumar Persea hintonii C. K. Allen Persea hirta Nees Persea humboldtii Mez Persea humilis Nash Persea hypericifolia Nees Persea hypoleuca (A. Richard) Mez Persea ichangensis (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Kosterm. Persea inaequalis A. C. Smith Persea incana Schott Persea incrassata (Jack) Nees Persea indecora Schott Persea indica (L.) Spreng. Persea intermedia Phil. Persea japonica (Siebold & Zucc. ex Blume) Kosterm. Persea jariensis Vattimo-Gil Persea jenmanii Mez Persea julianae van der Werff Persea kadooriei Kosterm. Persea karzii Persea kerrii (Gamble) Kosterm. Persea kingii (Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea kobu (Maxim.) Kosterm. Persea konishii (Hayata) Kosterm. Persea kostermansii I.M.Turner Persea krugii Mez Persea kurzii (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea kusanoi Hayata Persea kwangtungensis (Yen C.Yang) Kosterm. Persea laevifolia van der Werff Persea laevigata Kunth Persea lanata Mez Persea latifolia (Kunth) Spreng. Persea laurifolia (Cuatrec.) Cuatrec. Persea laxa Mart. ex Nees Persea leiogyna S.F.Blake Persea lemensis H.Ferrer & Sanoja Persea lenticellata (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea leptophylla (Hand.-Mazz.) Kosterm. Persea leucantha Mart. Persea leucoxylon (Sw.) Spreng. Persea levinei (Merr.) Kosterm. Persea leytensis Elmer Persea liangkwangensis (Chun) Kosterm. Persea lichuanensis (W.C.Cheng) Kosterm. Persea liebmannii Mez Persea liebnammi Mez Persea lige Nees ex Meisn. Persea lignitepala Lasser Persea lineata (Kunth) Spreng. Persea lingue (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees Persea listeri (King ex Hook.fil.) Kosterm. Persea litseifolia (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea littoralis Small Persea lobitensis M.Gangop. Persea lohitensis M.Gangop. Persea lohuiensis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea longifolia (Kunth) Spreng. Persea longipeda Bertol. Persea longipedicellata (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea longipedunculata (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea longipes (Schlechtendal) Meisner Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm. Persea macrocarpa Raf. Persea macropoda Kunth Persea magniperulata Kosterm. Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp Persea malayana Kosterm. Persea marginata Bartl. ex Meisn. Persea matudae Lundell Persea melanophylla (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea membranacea (Sw.) Spreng. Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp Persea mexicana (Meisn.) Hemsl. Persea meyeniana Nees Persea meziana Rasingam & Karthig. Persea microcarpa (Hemsl.) Kosterm. Persea microneura Meisn. Persea microphylla (Mez) Mez Persea mikweiensis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea minkweiensis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea minutiflora Kosterm. Persea minutiloba (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea mollis Kunth Persea montana (Sw.) Spreng. Persea monticola (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea multinervia (H.Liu) Kosterm. Persea mutisii Kunth Persea nakao (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea nakaoi (S. K. Lee) Kostermans Persea nam-mu Oliv. Persea nammu Jackson. Persea nanchuanensis (N.Chao) Kosterm. Persea nanmu Oliv. Persea negracotensis O.C.Schmidt Persea nitida (Roxb.) Spreng. Persea nivea Mez Persea nubigena L. O. Williams Persea nudigemma van der Werff Persea nutans Nees Persea oblongifolia L.E.Kopp Persea obovata Nees & Mart. ex Nees Persea obovatifolia (Hayata) Kosterm. Persea obscura Lorea-Hern. Persea obscurinervis (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea obtusifolia L.E.Kopp Persea oculodracontis (Chun) Kosterm. Persea odoratissima (Nees) Kosterm. Persea oleifolia (Mez) Kosterm. Persea oreophila (Hance) Kosterm. Persea orizabae M.Martens & Galeotti Persea ovatiloba (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea pachypoda Nees Persea pachytepala Lasser Persea pajonalis van der Werff Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern. Persea pallida (Nees) Oliv. Persea palustris (Rafinesque) Sargent Persea paniculigera Mart. ex Nees Persea parvifolia L.O.Williams Persea patens (Sw.) Spreng. Persea paucitriplinervia Lundell Persea pauhoi (Kaneh.) Kosterm. Persea pedicellata Kosterm. Persea peduncularis (Nees) Nees Persea pedunculata (Blume) Kosterm. Persea pedunculosa Meisn. Persea perglauca Lundell Persea persea (L.) Cockerell Persea perseiphylla (Allen) van der Werff Persea peruviana Nees Persea petenensis Lundell Persea petensis Lundell Persea philippinensis (Merr.) Elmer Persea phoenicis (Dunn) Kosterm. Persea pichurim (Kunth) Spreng. Persea pierrei (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea pingii (W.C.Cheng ex Y.C.Yang) Kosterm. Persea pittieri Mez Persea platycarpa (Chun) Kosterm. Persea podadenia S. F. Blake Persea pomifera Kosterm. Persea popenoei L. O. Williams Persea portoricensis Britton & P. Wilson Persea povedae W.C.Burger Persea praecox Poepp. ex Nees Persea primatogena L.O.Williams & A.Molina Persea psammophila P.L.R.Moraes Persea pseudofasciculata L. E. Kopp Persea pseudoindica Link Persea pseudokobu (Koidz.) Kosterm. Persea pseudolongifolia (Hayata) Kosterm. Persea pseudosassafras (Blume) Zoll. & Moritzi Persea psychotrioides (Kunth) Spreng. Persea puberula Schott Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sargent Persea pumila P.L.R.Moraes & R.S.Pacheco Persea punctata Meisn. Persea purpusii L. E. Kopp Persea pyramidalis (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea pyrifolia Nees & Mart. Persea pyriformis Elmer Persea racemosa Mez Persea raimondii O.C.Schmidt Persea rehderi (C.K.Allen) Kosterm. Persea retroflexa (Poir.) Spreng. Persea richardiana Schltdl. & Cham. Persea riedelii Meisn. Persea rigens C. K. Allen Persea rigida Nees Persea rimosa (Blume) Zoll. ex Meisn. Persea robusta (W.W.Sm.) Kosterm. Persea rufescens Lundell Persea rufipes (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea rufo-tomentosa Mart. Persea rufotomentosa Nees & Mart. ex Nees Persea ruizii J.F.Macbr. Persea russellii M.Gangop. Persea salicina (Hance) Kosterm. Persea salicoides (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea sanguinea (Rol.) Spreng. Persea sarcocalyx (Nees) H.Buek Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng. Persea schiedeana Nees Persea scoparia Mez Persea scortechinii (Gamble) Kosterm. Persea scrobiculata Meisn. Persea selloviana Nees & Mart. Persea sellowiana Nees & Mart. ex Nees Persea semecarpifolia (Nees) Trimen Persea sericea (Kunth) Poepp. ex Meisn. Persea sessilis Standley & Steyermark Persea shaferi P. Wilson Persea sharmae M.Gangop. Persea shawii Kosterm. Persea shiwandashanica (H.T.Chang) Kosterm. Persea shweliensis (W.W.Sm.) Kosterm. Persea sichourensis (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea sichuanensis (N.Chao) Kosterm. Persea sikkimensis M.Gangop. Persea silvatica van der Werff Persea similis Britton & P. Wilson Persea sintoc (Blume) Bisch. Persea sintok (Blume) Bisch. Persea skutchii C. K. Allen Persea sp. Persea sphaerocarpa (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm. Persea splendens Meisn. Persea sprucei Kosterm. Persea standleyi C. K. Allen Persea stenophylla Meisn. Persea sterculioides Elmer Persea steyermarkii C. K. Allen Persea stricta Mez Persea suaveolens (S.K.Lee) Kosterm. Persea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees Persea subsessilis Meisn. Persea subtriplinervia Mart. ex Nees Persea sulcata (Ruiz & Pav.) Meisn. Persea sumatrana Teijsm. & Binn. Persea surigaoensis Elmer Persea surinamensis Spreng. Persea sylvatica VanDerWerff Persea sylvestris A.Rich. Persea tabacifolia Meisn. Persea tamala (Buch.-Ham.) Spreng. Persea teneriffae (Poir.) F.Muell. Persea tenuiflora Mart. ex Nees Persea tenuipilis (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea theobromifolia A.H.Gentry Persea thunbergii (Siebold & Zucc.) Kosterm. Persea tigricida Spreng. Persea tolimanensis Zentmyer & Schieber Persea tomentosa (D.Don) Spreng. Persea tonkinensis (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea triplinervia Persea trollii O.C.Schmidt Persea tubigera Mart. ex Nees Persea umbrosa (Kunth) Spreng. Persea upendrae M.Gangop. Persea urbaniana Mez Persea vanderwerffii Doweld Persea velutina Benth. & Hook.f. Persea velutinoides (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea venosa Nees & Mart. ex Nees Persea veraguasensis Seem. Persea veraguensis Meisn. Persea verruculosa (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea versicolora (S.K.Lee & F.N.Wei) Kosterm. Persea vesticula Standley & Steyermark Persea vestita Mez Persea viburnoides Meisn. Persea villosa (Roxb.) Kosterm. Persea viridis (Hand.-Mazz.) Kosterm. Persea viridus (Hand.-Mazz.) Kosterm. Persea wallichii D.G.Long Persea wangchiana (Chun) Kosterm. Persea weberbaueri Mez Persea wenshanensis (H.W.Li) Kosterm. Persea willdenovii Kosterm. Persea willdenowii Kosterm. Persea yunnanensis (Lecomte) Kosterm. Persea zentmyeri Schieber & B.Bergh Persea zuihoensis (Hayata) H.L.Li
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. [unpaged]
Holdings	2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Persea Miller
Identification made in	[no date] (2)