List of Persea species

Persea is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae, ^[1] which includes 111 species. ^[2] The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, P. americana, widely cultivated in subtropical regions for its large, edible fruit. There are more than 200 synonyms in the genus.

Accepted species

• Persea alba Nees & Mart.
• Persea albida Kosterm.
• Persea albiramea van der Werff
• Persea alpigena (Sw.) Spreng.
• Persea americana Mill.
• Persea areolatocostae (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
• Persea aurata Miq.
• Persea barbujana (Cav.) Mabb. & Nieto Fel.
• Persea basiobtusa Rohwer
• Persea benthamiana Meisn.
• Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp
• Persea bilocularis L.E.Kopp
• Persea boldufolia Mez
• Persea brenesii Standl.
• Persea brevipes Meisn.
• Persea brevipetiolata van der Werff
• Persea buchtienii O.C.Schmidt
• Persea bullata L.E.Kopp
• Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
• Persea caesia Meisn.
• Persea calva Rohwer & van der Werff
• Persea campii L.E.Kopp
• Persea chamissonis Mez
• Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern.
• Persea chrysophylla L.E.Kopp
• Persea cinerascens Blake
• Persea conferta L.E.Kopp
• Persea cordata Meisn.
• Persea corymbosa Mez
• Persea costata Meisn.
• Persea croatii van der Werff
• Persea croizatii van der Werff
• Persea cuatrecasasii Kosterm.
• Persea cuneata Meisn.
• Persea donnell-smithii Mez
• Persea dryadum Rohwer
• Persea fastigiata L.E.Kopp
• Persea fendleri van der Werff
• Persea ferruginea Kunth
• Persea filipes Rusby
• Persea fuliginosa Nees & Mart.
• Persea fulva L.E.Kopp
• Persea fusca Mez
• Persea glabra van der Werff
• Persea grandiflora L.E.Kopp
• Persea haenkeana Mez
• Persea hexanthera L.E. Kopp
• Persea hintonii C.K. Allen
• Persea hirta Nees
• Persea hypoleuca (A.Rich.) Mez
• Persea indica (L.) Spreng.
• Persea jariensis Vattimo-Gil
• Persea jenmanii Mez
• Persea julianae van der Werff
• Persea kostermansii I.M.Turner
• Persea krugii Mez
• Persea laevifolia van der Werff
• Persea lemensis H.Ferrer & Sanoja
• Persea liebmannii Mez
• Persea lingue (Miers ex Bertero) Nees
• Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn.
• Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp
• Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp
• Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp
• Persea meziana Rasingam & Karthig.
• Persea microneura Meisn.
• Persea mutisii Kunth
• Persea negracotensis O.C.Schmidt
• Persea nivea Mez
• Persea nudigemma van der Werff
• Persea oblongifolia L.E.Kopp
• Persea obovata Nees & Mart.
• Persea obscura Lorea-Hern.
• Persea obtusifolia L.E.Kopp
• Persea pajonalis van der Werff
• Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern.
• Persea pedunculosa Meisn.
• Persea perglauca Lundell
• Persea perseiphylla (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
• Persea peruviana Nees
• Persea povedae W.C.Burger
• Persea psammophila P.L.R.Moraes
• Persea pseudofasciculata L.E.Kopp
• Persea pumila P.L.R.Moraes & R.S.Pacheco
• Persea punctata Meisn.
• Persea purpusii L.E.Kopp
• Persea quarciticola P.L.R.Moraes & Brotto
• Persea raimondii O.Schmidt
• Persea rigens C.K.Allen
• Persea rigida Nees & Mart.
• Persea rufescens Lundell
• Persea rufotomentosa Nees & Mart.
• Persea ruizii J.F.Macbr.
• Persea schiedeana Nees
• Persea sericea Kunth
• Persea silvatica van der Werff
• Persea sphaerocarpa (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm.
• Persea splendens Meisn.
• Persea sprucei Kosterm.
• Persea standleyi C.K.Allen
• Persea stricta Mez
• Persea subcordata (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees
• Persea trollii O.C.Schmidt
• Persea urbaniana Mez
• Persea vanderwerffii Doweld
• Persea venosa Nees & Mart.
• Persea veraguasensis Seem.
• Persea vesticula Standl. & Steyerm.
• Persea wangchiana (Chun) Kosterm.
• Persea weberbaueri Mez
• Persea willdenovii Kosterm.

Formerly placed here

• Machilus macranthus Nees (as Persea macrantha(Nees) Kosterm.)
• Tamala borbonia (L.) Raf. (as Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.)
• Tamala palustris Raf. (as Persea palustris (Raf.) Sarg.)

References

1. André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans. 1993
2. "Persea Mill". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 20 May 2025.

External links

• Avocado source Extensive information on the Avocado — and the genus Persea and subgenera.
• Flora of North America: Persea
• Flora of China: Machilus — full list of Machilus species native to China.