Persea

Persea Mill. è un genere di piante della famiglia delle Lauracee comprendente oltre 100 specie di piante arboree sempreverdi^[1], delle quali la più conosciuta è l'avocado (Persea americana), coltivata nelle regioni subtropicali per il suo frutto edibile.

Come leggere il tassobox Persea
Persea americana
Classificazione APG IV
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
(clade)	Angiosperme
(clade)	Mesangiosperme
(clade)	Magnoliidi
Ordine	Laurales
Famiglia	Lauraceae
Genere	Persea Mill.
Classificazione Cronquist
Dominio	Eukaryota
Regno	Plantae
Divisione	Magnoliophyta
Classe	Magnoliopsida
Ordine	Laurales
Famiglia	Lauraceae
Genere	Persea
Specie
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Tassonomia

Il genere comprende le seguenti specie:^[1]

• 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 benthamiana Meisn.
• Persea bernardii L.E.Kopp
• Persea bilocularis L.E.Kopp
• Persea boldufolia Mez
• Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
• 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 campii L.E.Kopp
• Persea chamissonis Mez
• Persea chrysantha Lorea-Hern.
• Persea chrysophylla L.E.Kopp
• Persea cinerascens S.F.Blake
• Persea conferta L.E.Kopp
• 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 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 humilis Nash
• 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 (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees
• Persea longipes (Schltdl.) Meisn.
• Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp
• Persea major (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp
• Persea meridensis L.E.Kopp
• Persea microneura Meisn.
• Persea microphylla (Mez) Mez
• 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 palustris (Raf.) Sarg.
• Persea pedunculosa Meisn.
• Persea perglauca Lundell
• Persea perseiphylla (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
• Persea peruviana Nees
• Persea povedae W.C.Burger
• Persea pseudofasciculata L.E.Kopp
• Persea pumila P.L.R.Moraes & R.S.Pacheco
• Persea punctata Meisn.
• Persea purpusii L.E.Kopp
• Persea raimondii O.C.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 sessilis Standl. & Steyerm.
• 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 weberbaueri Mez
• Persea willdenovii Kosterm.