PLANTS Profile for Persea americana (avocado)

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PLANTS Profile

Persea americana Mill.
avocado

Symbol:

PEAM3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I

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©Mark W. Skinner. USDA NRCS NPDC. Zambia, Luangwa National Park. August 15, 1986. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Persea americana Mill.

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Distribution:
Persea americana Mill.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Persea americana Mill.

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 8 species in Persea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Persea americana var. americana
avocado

Persea americana var. drymifolia
Mexican avocado

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Persea americana Mill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Persea Mill. – bay
Species	Persea americana Mill. – avocado

Introduced Information:
Persea americana Mill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Persea americana Mill.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18154.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 08:01 AM MDT