List of Persea species

Persea is a genus of 99 accepted number species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. 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.

The following list is according to The Plant List.

Accepted species

 * Persea alba  Nees & Mart.
 * Persea albida  Kosterm.
 * Persea americana Mill.
 * Persea areolatocostae  (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
 * Persea benthamiana  Meisn.
 * Persea bernardii  L.E.Kopp
 * Persea boldufolia  Mez
 * Persea bootanica  (Meisn.) Kosterm.
 * Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng.
 * Persea brenesii  Standl.
 * Persea brevipes  Meisn.
 * Persea brevipetiolata  van der Werff
 * Persea bullata  L.E. Kopp
 * Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez
 * Persea campii  L.E. Kopp
 * Persea carolinensis  (Raf.) Nees
 * Persea chamissonis Mez
 * Persea chayuensis (S.K. Lee) Kosterm.
 * Persea chrysantha  Lorea-Hern.
 * Persea chunii (H.T. Chang ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm.
 * Persea cinerascens  Blake
 * Persea conferta  L.E. Kopp
 * Persea corymbosa  Mez
 * Persea croatii  van der Werff
 * Persea croizatii  van der Werff
 * Persea cuneata  Meisn.
 * Persea curranii  (Merr.) Kosterm.
 * Persea declinata  (Blume) Kosterm.
 * Persea donnell-smithii  Mez
 * Persea effusa  (Meisn.) Hemsl.
 * Persea excelsa  (Blume) Kosterm.
 * Persea fastigiata  L.E.Kopp
 * Persea fendleri van der Werff
 * Persea fluviatilis  van der Werff
 * Persea fragrans (Kaneh. ex S.C. Lee) Kosterm.
 * Persea fruticosa (Kurz) Kosterm.
 * Persea fuliginosa Nees & Mart.
 * Persea fulva  L.E.Kopp
 * Persea grandiflora  L.E.Kopp
 * Persea grandis  Mez
 * Persea haenkeana Mez
 * Persea hartwegii  (Meisn.) Hemsl.
 * Persea hemsleyi  (Nakai) Kosterm.
 * Persea hexanthera L.E. Kopp
 * Persea hintonii  C.K. Allen
 * Persea hirta  Nees
 * Persea humilis Nash
 * Persea indica  (L.) Spreng.
 * Persea jenmanii  Mez
 * Persea levinei  (Merr.) Kosterm.
 * Persea liebmannii  Mez
 * Persea lingue  (Miers ex Bertero) Nees
 * Persea longipes  (Schltdl.) Meisn.
 * Persea macrantha (Nees) Kosterm.
 * Persea maguirei L.E.Kopp
 * Persea major  (Meisn.) L.E.Kopp	 )
 * Persea melanophylla  (H.W. Li) Kosterm.
 * Persea meridensis  L.E.Kopp
 * Persea mutisii Kunth
 * Persea nudigemma  van der Werff
 * Persea obovata  Nees & Mart.
 * Persea obscura  Lorea-Hern.
 * Persea obtusifolia  L.E. Kopp
 * Persea odoratissima  (Nees) Kosterm.
 * Persea pajonalis  van der Werff
 * Persea pallescens (Mez) Lorea-Hern.
 * Persea pallida  (Nees) Oliv.
 * Persea palustris  (Raf.) Sarg.
 * Persea peduncularis  (Nees) Nees
 * Persea pedunculata  (Blume) Kosterm.
 * Persea pedunculosa Meisn.
 * Persea perseiphylla  (C.K.Allen) van der Werff
 * Persea peruviana Nees
 * Persea petiolaris  (Meisn.) Deb
 * Persea pierrei  (Lecomte) Kosterm.
 * Persea pseudofasciculata  L.E.Kopp
 * Persea purpusii L.E. Kopp
 * Persea pyrifolia  Nees
 * Persea raimondii O. Schmidt
 * Persea rigens C.K.Allen
 * Persea rigida  Nees & Mart.
 * Persea rufescens  Lundell
 * Persea ruizii J.F.Macbr.
 * Persea schiedeana Nees
 * Persea sericea  Kunth
 * Persea shiwandashanica  (Hung T. Chang) Kosterm.
 * Persea sphaerocarpa  (H.J.P.Winkl.) Kosterm.
 * Persea standleyi C.K.Allen
 * Persea stricta  Mez
 * Persea subcordata  (Ruiz & Pav.) Nees
 * Persea tomentosa  (D. Don) Spreng.
 * Persea triplinervis (Griseb.) M. Gómez
 * Persea trollii O.C. Schmidt
 * Persea venosa  Nees & Mart.
 * Persea veraguasensis Seem.
 * Persea vesticula  Standl. & Steyerm.
 * Persea wangchiana  (Chun) Kosterm.
 * Persea weberbaueri  Mez
 * Persea willdenovii Kosterm.