Persea caerulea

Persea caerulea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Persea
Subgenus: P. subg. Eriodaphne
Species: Persea caerulea

Name

Persea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Mez, 1889

Synonyms

• Laurus caerulea Ruiz & Pav.
• Laurus coerulea Ruiz & Pav. ex Meisn.
• Laurus laevigata Willd. ex Meisn.
• Laurus pruinosa Willd. ex Nees
• Laurus pyrifolia Willd. ex Nees
• Laurus viburnoides Willd. ex Nees
• Persea laevigata Kunth
• Persea laevigata var. caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) Meisn.
• Persea lignitepala Lasser
• Persea petiolaris Kunth
• Persea skutchii C.K.Allen

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Northern South America Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mez, C.C., 1889. Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin 5:171.

Additional references

• Jørgensen, P.M., Nee, M.H. & Beck, S.G. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 127(1–2): 1–1741. ISBN 978-1-930723-71-9 (issue 1), ISBN 978-1-930723-83-2 (issue 2). Online version at Tropicos. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Persea caerulea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 09. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Persea caerulea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 09 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Persea caerulea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 Jan 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Persea caerulea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan 09. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Persea caerulea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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