Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 86species Persea alba Nees & Mart.
species Persea albida Kosterm.
species Persea albiramea van der Werff
species Persea alpigena (Sw.) Spreng.
species Persea areolatocostae (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
species Persea aurata Miq.
species Persea benthamiana Meisn.
species Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp
species Persea boldufolia Mez
species Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
- Redbay
species Persea brenesii Standl.
species Persea brevipes Meisn.
species Persea bullata L.E. Kopp
species Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
species Persea caesia Meisn.
species Persea campii L.E. Kopp
species Persea chamissonis Mez
species Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern.
species Persea chrysophylla L.E.Kopp
species Persea cinerascens S.F. Blake
species Persea conferta L.E. Kopp
species Persea corymbosa Mez
species Persea costata Meisn.
species Persea croatii van der Werff
species Persea croizatii van der Werff
species Persea cuneata Meisn.
species Persea donnell-smithii Mez
species Persea endothrix Kosterm.
species Persea fastigiata L.E.Kopp
species Persea fendleri van der Werff
species Persea filipes Rusby
species Persea fluviatilis van der Werff
species Persea fulva L.E.Kopp
species Persea fusca Mez
species Persea glabra van der Werff
species Persea grandiflora L.E.Kopp
species Persea haenkeana Mez
species Persea hexanthera L.E.Kopp
species Persea hintonii C.K. Allen
species Persea humilis Nash
- Silk Bay
species Persea hypoleuca (A.Rich.) Mez
species Persea indica (L.) Spreng.
species Persea jariensis Vattimo-Gil
species Persea jenmanii Mez
species Persea julianae van der Werff
species Persea krugii Mez
- Canela
species Persea laevifolia van der Werff
species Persea liebmannii Mez
species Persea lingue (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees
species Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn.
species Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp
species Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp
species Persea microphylla Mez
species Persea mutisii Kunth
species Persea nudigemma van der Werff
species Persea oblongifolia L.E.Kopp
species Persea obscura Lorea-Hern.
species Persea obtusifolia L.E. Kopp
species Persea pajonalis van der Werff
species Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern.
species Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.
- Swamp Bay
species Persea perseiphylla (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
species Persea peruviana Nees
species Persea povedae W.C.Burger
species Persea pseudofasciculata L.E.Kopp
species Persea purpusii L.E. Kopp
species Persea pyrifolia Nees & Mart.
species Persea raimondii O.C.Schmidt
species Persea rigens C.K. Allen
species Persea rigida Nees & Mart.
species Persea rufescens Lundell
species Persea rufotomentosa Nees & Mart.
species Persea ruizii J.F. Macbr.
species Persea schiedeana Nees
- Coyo
species Persea sessilis Standl. & Steyerm.
species Persea silvatica van der Werff
species Persea sphaerocarpa (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm.
species Persea splendens Meisn.
species Persea stricta Mez
species Persea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees
species Persea urbaniana Mez
- Aquacatillo
species Persea venosa Nees & Mart.
species Persea veraguasensis Seem.
species Persea vesticula Standl. & Steyerm.
Fossil taxa
Links and literature
Kew Science - Plants of the World online 2024-05 [325623-2]
Kew Science - Plants of the World online [https://powo.science.kew.org], Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [as Persea Mill.]
Data retrieved on: 1 February 2025
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1362351]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Persea P. Miller, 1754]
Data retrieved on: 9 December 2019
C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Persea Mill.]Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019