Persea brevipetiolata

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Persea brevipetiolata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea
Species:
P. brevipetiolata
Binomial name
Persea brevipetiolata
van der Werff

Persea brevipetiolata is a plant species known from the Mexican States of Oaxaca and Veracruz. It is found in lowland forests in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec at elevations less than 250 m. [1] [2]

Persea brevipetiolata is a tree up to 8 m tall. Leaves are elliptical, thick and leathery, up to 16 cm long, with petioles less than 8 mm long, and with raised veins forming a conspicuous network on the underside. Flowers are about 4 mm in diameter, hairless, yellow-green. Fruits are spherical, about 2 mm in diameter. [1] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 van der Werff, Hendrik Hessel. 2002. A synopsis of Persea (Lauraceae) in Central America. Novon 12:575-586.
  2. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2014. Cycadaceae a Connaraceae. 2(1): ined. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Fl. Mesoamer.. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
  3. photo of isotype of Persea brevipetiolata at Missouri Botanical Garden
  4. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.